2006-07-15 05:14:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Hepatitis B is a serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver. The virus, which is called hepatitis B virus (HBV), can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death.
2006-07-15 05:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hepatitis (HEP-ah-TY-tis) b is a virus that makes your liver swell and stops it from working right.
You need a healthy liver. The liver does many things to keep you alive. The liver fights infections and stops bleeding. It removes drugs and other poisons from your blood. The liver also stores energy for when you need .A virus is a germ that causes sickness. (For example, the flu is caused by a virus.) People can pass viruses to each other. The virus that causes hepatitis B is called the hepatitis B virus.
2006-07-15 22:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by purple 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An infection of the liver that is caused by a DNA virus, is transmitted by contaminated blood or blood derivatives in transfusions, by sexual contact with an infected person, or by the use of contaminated needles and instruments. The disease has a long incubation and symptoms that may become severe or chronic, causing serious damage to the liver. Also called serum hepatitis.
2006-07-15 12:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by bomod 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a sexually transmitted disease, but it is also transmitted by saliva. It is not like hep. C, that you get from dirty toilets. The virus is very strong, much stronger than HIV, and it can also stay alive outside the body, so it is highly transmittable. There is a vaccine for it.
2006-07-15 12:20:35 · answer #4 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/hw40968
2006-07-15 12:18:49 · answer #5 · answered by Zeta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋