STI: Hepatitis B

STI: Hepatitis B

Long Term Effects

Long term Hepatitis is called chronic hepatitis. With chronic hepatitis you wont fully recover from acute hepatitis, which leads to continued cell damage and inflammation. Chronic hepatitis may develop greatly without any acute episodes. You can get rid of chronic hepatitis by taking a liver biopsy (tissue sample).

Consequences

CELLS

• Most people don't even realize they have it but if they do it can cause...
• Fear and stress
• You could lose your job being unable to work
• Unable to focus
• Avoid family and friends

Short Term Effects

Hepatitis B

Is a form of serious liver inflammation. It occurs in both rapidly developing and long-lasting forms. It is one of the most chronic infectious diseases worldwide. An effective vaccine is available that will prevent it with those who have been later exposed.

How to Prevent

Acute hepatitis B only last a couple of days to a few weeks. During this period your skin may yellow, which last one to three weeks. The convalescence period only last a few months. The attack will usually make you tired, give you mild chills, headache, muscle and joint pain.

• If you inject drugs, don't share the equipment.
• Don't share anything, Grooming products, razors, toothbrush, Fingernail clippings, ect.
• Think about your health risks if you are planning on getting a tattoo or body piercing.

What is a STI?

An STI is a sexually transmitted infection. Some infect your reproductive organs. Others cause

general body infections.

Symptoms

• Abdominal Pain.
• Dark Urine.
• Fever.
• Joint Pain.
• Loss of Appetite.
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Weakness.
• Yellowing of Skin.

How is it Contracted?

Bibliography

Dangers of Living with Hepatitis B

You can get it from various drugs and chemicals, and several different viruses, also from mother to baby, You may also get it from another person either from unprotected sex or from infected blood.

• .pamf.org/teen/sex/std/
• http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Hepatitis+B
• .mayoclinic.org/diseases.../hepatitis-b/basics/symptoms/con-20022210
• http:// .emedicinehealth.com/hepatitis_b/page14_em.htm
• http://shs.uncg.edu/wellness/resources/std
• http:// .sexualityandu.ca/stis-stds/types-of-stis-stds/parasitic-stis-stds
• http:// .mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hepatitis-b/basics/complications/con-20022210
• http://patient.info/
• http://www.medscape.com/

Living with Chronic Hepatitis can scare the liver, give you liver cancer, or liver failure. Other conditions of living with Hepatitis is you may have kidney disease, and inflammation of blood vessels.

Are You in Danger of

Hepatitis B

You are in danger if you

• Share needles with others.
• Are and infant born to an infected mother.
• Have a job that exposes you to human blood.
• Travel to regions with high infection rate.
• Live with someone that has Chronic HBV infection.
• Intravenous-drug abusers

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Fungal

Parasitic

Bacterial

Viral

• Yeast Infection
• PID

• Gonorrhea
• Chlamydia
• Syphilis

• Scabies
• LGV
• Trichomonas
• Pubic Lice
• Lymphogranuloma

• HIV
• HPV
• Herpes
• Hepatitis B+C

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Paige Allen