\uf0d8 Sexually transmitted liver infection which can cause
inflammation and cell damage leading to cirrhosis and liver
cancer.
\uf0d8 Transmitted via sexual fluids, blood (sharing needles, razors,
toothbrushes) or mother to baby.
\uf0d8 HBV is 100 times more infectious than HIV.
\uf0d8 Can be asymptomatic or can cause abdominal pain, flu-like
symptoms, dark urine, light-colored feces, jaundice, fatigue and
fever.
\uf0d8 About 95% of persons who become infected as adults will selfresolve
the virus with their own immune system; only 5%
become chronically infected.
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\uf0d8 Children and babies have much higher rates of chronic infection
(90% of infants and 25-50% of children ages 1-5 will become
chronic carriers of HBV)
\uf0d8 HBV is a hardy virus – able to remain infectious even when
outside the body for long periods of time (such as in dried
blood).
\uf0d8 There is a vaccine that prevents HBV (required for kids entering
school; series of 3 shots).
\uf0d8 Condoms may reduce the risk of sexual transmission of HBV
when they cover areas exposed to infected blood or sexual
fluids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\uf0d8 Sexually transmitted liver infection which can causeinflammation and cell damage leading to cirrhosis and livercancer.\uf0d8 Transmitted via sexual fluids, blood (sharing needles, razors,toothbrushes) or mother to baby.\uf0d8 HBV is 100 times more infectious than HIV.\uf0d8 Can be asymptomatic or can cause abdominal pain, flu-likesymptoms, dark urine, light-colored feces, jaundice, fatigue andfever.\uf0d8 About 95% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-std","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t