Some people develop symptoms soon after hepatitis B infection, known as the acute phase. These can include the following: A minority of people may develop severe symptoms during acute hepatitis B ...

HBsAg is the hallmark of HBV infection and is the first serological marker to appear in acute hepatitis B. Most patients recovering from acute hepatitis B clear HBsAg within 4-6 months after onset ...

 While hepatitis A and E cause an acute form of the disease, hepatitis B and C lead to chronic liver disease including cirrhosis and even liver cancer. On World Liver Day, April 19, here's ...

In acute hepatitis the γ-globulin-levels are usually moderately elevated and the serum albumin is normal or only slightly depressed. As the hepatitis subsides the elevated γ-globulins gradually ...

Press Release - Hepatitis E, tetanus and hepatitis B all pose significant but under-reported threats to the health and lives ...

As the number of immunosuppressive drugs has grown, so has the number of patients referred to gastroenterologists with hepatitis B reactivation, which can lead to acute liver failure. For patients ...

Acute hepatitis is a designation given when someone is first infected. Most otherwise healthy adults do not experience symptoms when first infected with hepatitis B and C, and many people ...

Su added that an estimated 2 million people in Taiwan are carriers of chronic hepatitis B, a viral liver disease which can be transmitted through blood, bodily fluids or from mother to child. While ...

The health ministry confirmed Japan’s first suspected case of acute child hepatitis of unknown origin, a mysterious ailment that has been reported in many children in Britain, Spain and elsewhere.