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Hepatitis B; Electron micrograph of hepatitis B virus: Specialty: Infectious disease, gastroenterology: Symptoms: None, yellowish skin, tiredness, dark urine, abdominal pain [1] Complications: Cirrhosis, liver cancer [2] Usual onset: Symptoms may take up to 6 months to appear [1] Duration: Short or long term [3] Causes: Hepatitis B virus spread ...
Hepatitis D is a defective virus that requires hepatitis B to replicate and is only found with hepatitis B co-infection. [17] In adults, hepatitis B infection is most commonly self-limiting, with less than 5% progressing to chronic state, and 20 to 30% of those chronically infected developing cirrhosis or liver cancer. [ 30 ]
The structure of hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B virus is a member of the Hepadnavirus family. [11] The virus particle, called Dane particle [12] (), consists of an outer lipid envelope and an icosahedral nucleocapsid core composed of protein.
Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation due to a viral infection. [1] [2] It may present in acute form as a recent infection with relatively rapid onset, or in chronic form, typically progressing from a long-lasting asymptomatic condition up to a decompensated hepatic disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
[4] [1] When this occurs, it is generally 4–12 weeks following infection (but it may take from 2 weeks to 6 months for acute symptoms to appear). [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Symptoms are generally mild and vague, and may include fatigue, nausea and vomiting, fever, muscle or joint pains , abdominal pain, decreased appetite and weight loss, jaundice (occurs ...
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