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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

according to the Hepatitis B Foundation. The opioid crisis has further fueled a surge in acute HBV infections across impacted states, with rates climbing as much as 450%, per the foundation.

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.