Hepatitis B

La hepatitis B es una infección viral que afecta a casi 73,000 nuevas personas cada año. Aproximadamente 1,250,000 personas en los Estados Unidos son portadores de esta enfermedad.

¿Cuáles son los síntomas de la hepatitis B?

Aproximadamente el 30% de las personas infectadas se mostrará ningún síntoma. Los síntomas incluyen:

Ictericia (piel u ojos amarillos)
Fatiga
Dolor abdominal
Náuseas
Vómitos
Pérdida de apetito

Puede tener la hepatitis B puede producir otros problemas?

No existe una cura, lo que significa que una vez que contraes ella, que es una infección de por vida. La hepatitis B puede conducir a la enfermedad grave del hígado. Aproximadamente 5.000 personas mueren cada año debido a la insuficiencia hepática y cáncer de hígado.

¿Cómo se transmite la hepatitis B?

La hepatitis B se transmite por la actividad sexual. También puede transmitirse de una madre infectada a su bebé durante el parto.
Existen principalmente de cuatro maneras diferentes que la hepatitis B puede transmitirse:

La actividad sexual que incluye el coito anal o vaginal
La madre al bebé durante el parto
El contacto con sangre infectada
V.I. uso de drogas

¿Cómo se diagnostica la hepatitis B?

La hepatitis B se puede diagnosticar por su proveedor de cuidado de la salud a través de un análisis de sangre.

¿Cuál es el tratamiento para la hepatitis B?

Actualmente no existe una cura. Hay medicamentos disponibles para ayudar a frenar el virus y evitar daños en el hígado.

¿Se puede prevenir la hepatitis B?

Hay varias maneras de prevenir la hepatitis B. La primera es que se abstengan de contacto sexual de cualquier tipo. El segundo es estar en una relación monógama a largo plazo, tales como el matrimonio. El tercero es para evitar el uso de V.I. fármacos. Hay una vacunación; Posteriormente, una de las formas más sencillas para evitar esta enfermedad es vacunarse.

Última actualización: 08/2015

Compilado utilizando la información de las siguientes fuentes:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Women. Faro, Sebastian, Ch.14.

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Hepatitis B

¿Cuáles son los síntomas de la hepatitis B?

Puede tener la hepatitis B puede producir otros problemas?

¿Cómo se transmite la hepatitis B?

¿Cómo se diagnostica la hepatitis B?

¿Cuál es el tratamiento para la hepatitis B?

¿Se puede prevenir la hepatitis B?

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