How Do I Treat & Prevent Hepatitis B - Hepatitis B Video - GetSTDtested.com

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Learn how to treat and prevent Hepatitis B from Dr. Sabrina Kendrick, Director of the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center & getSTDtested.com

How do I treat and prevent Hepatitis B? To prevent transmission of Hepatitis B more commonly for those cases that are sexually transmitted, you should use protection. For those cases that are transmitted by blood products, I would say to not share your needles. For most patients who acquire Hepatitis B, the body develops an immune response that clears the virus and the infection is over and they are considered immune. But then for a small percentage of patients that go on to develop chronic Hepatitis, those persons are eligible for combination antiretrovirals that can eventually clear the virus over time. The test for Hepatitis B involves a blood specimen that is sent to the lab. For chronic untreated Hepatitis B, these patients can go on to develop liver cancer.