Having a chronic HBV infection can lead to serious complications, such as scarring of the liver (for scientists read cirrhosis).
Hepatitis B infection may cause inflammation that leads to extensive scarring of the liver (cirrhosis). Scarring in the liver may impair the liver’s ability to function.
Liver cancer: People with chronic hepatitis B infection have an increased risk of liver cancer. Liver failure: Acute liver failure is a condition in which the vital functions of the liver shut down.
When that occurs, a liver transplant is necessary to sustain life. For hepatitis D infection, anyone chronically infected with HBV is also susceptible to infection with another strain of viral hepatitis — hepatitis D.
You can’t become infected with hepatitis D unless you’re already infected with HBV. Having both hepatitis B and hepatitis D makes it more likely you’ll develop complications of hepatitis.
Kidney problems… Hepatitis B infection can cause kidney problems that may lead eventually to kidney failure. Children are more likely to recover from these kidney problems than are adults, who may experience kidney failure.
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