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HEPATITIS B (HBV) viral

	Incidence:	78,000 annually in US
	Transmission:	Spread via blood, sexual fluids and saliva through oral, anal and vaginal sex; IV drug use, cuts and abrasions, body piercing, tattooing, mother to fetus in 3rd trimester
	Symptoms:	Sometimes no symptoms (silent infection) Acute hepatitis (loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, headache, fever Jaundice (yellowing of eyes/skin/bodily fluids Stools light-gray in color Vomiting of blood Generalized itching, loss of weight, abdominal pain, sleep disturbance, confusion, loss of sex drive Most recover from acute HBV in 2-12 weeks
	Results:	-If newborn infected, this is usually silent infection that carries a 90+% of becoming chronic carrier -Chronic hepatitis (1-2%) symptoms include: jaundice signs of cirrhosis, GI bleeding, sick liver unable to detoxify causing abdominal swelling) -Liver failure (acute HBV) -Death (rare)
	Treatment:	No treatment for acute HBV For chronic HBV immunotherapy Liver transplant (although new liver is always eventually infected with HBV and results are variable)
	Risk Factors:	Unprotected sex Association of sex and alcohol Multiple sex partners History of previous STDs HIV positive