Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B:

Are You At Risk??

Hepatitis B is a very gangerous disease that is spread all around the world, and can infect adults, young adults, children, and even babies at birth.

Vaccine: Hepatitis B can be prevented by taking a vaccine that is provided once diagnosed. This vaccine is also provided to new born babies within their 24 hours of being born.

'Hepatitis B is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus, which can affect people of all ages. Once infected, some may carry the virus their whole lives as a chronic infection which can lead to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and even death. -

There is about 20% infected individuals who are diagnosed with hepatitis B, and the other percent of those do not know they are infected. The survival rate for an infected individual depends on the type of infection that person has. Death from actute hepatitis B is very rare, chronic hepatitis B is about 15%, and there is about 86% of chronic hepatitis B infections.

"The age-adjusted mortality rate for hepatitis B in the United States in 2022 was 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people, which was similar to 2021. "

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