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Jaundice is a yellow tinge to the eyes and skin from a build-up of bilirubin, often caused by viral hepatitis. Hepatitis A and E spread through unsafe water and food; B and C through blood and body fluids. Symptoms: Yellow eyes and skin, dark urine, pale stools, tiredness, poor appetite, nausea and pain under the right ribs. See a health worker for jaundice to find the cause; seek urgent care for drowsiness, confusion, vomiting blood, or jaundice in pregnancy (hepatitis E is dangerous in pregnancy). generated by SI from cited sources · general information, not a diagnosis · consult a health professional
Sources: World Health Organization · World Health Organization · World Health Organization · Nepal MoHP — Epidemiology and Disease Control Division · CDC, USPSTF · CDC, USPSTF · SI health summary (own words), checked against NLM MedlinePlus and WHO
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Inflammation is swelling that happens when tissues of the body are injured or infected. It can damage your liver.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
Often none; yellow eyes, dark urine, tiredness, belly pain.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
Hepatitis B virus spread through blood, sex and from mother to baby.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
EMERGENCY, go now: confusion, vomiting blood, severe jaundice. See a clinician if you test positive.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
HBsAg, HBV DNA, liver tests.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
Monitoring and antiviral medicine when needed, as advised by a specialist. No dosing information is given here.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
Hepatitis B vaccine (birth dose and routine), safe blood, safe sex.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
Hepatitis B vaccine is part of Nepal's routine immunisation.
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
EASL 2017, AASLD 2018
Sources: SI, NLM MedlinePlus, CDC, WHO (paraphrased) · Reference · https://medlineplus.gov/hepatitisb.html; https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis-b/; https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b; https://www.mayoclinic.org/search/search-results?q=Hepatitis%20B%20infection; Guideline: EASL 2017, AASLD 2018; https://edcd.gov.np
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