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Treatments for Chronic HBV may include Antiviral medication which help fight the virus and slow the cumulative damage to your liver, and they are usually taken in pill form.Interferon Injections are also an option which injects an artificial substance that mimics your body's natural against the virus. Lastly patients may need to resort to liver transplants if the virus has compromised the function of your liver.Partial or total transplantation may be needed.

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Immunoglobulin (an antibody) can be given to a patient who has been exposed to Hepatitis B within 12 hours to protect from getting the disease

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Person struggling with HBV goes to the doctor. Here they will run blood tests which will help determine whether it is acute or chronic. They will also take a liver ultrasound to see if the patient has any liver damage. Lastly they might take a liver biopsy to check for liver damage.

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Due to these complication this is what most people die from when they are diagnosed with HBV

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liver failure is a condition in which the vital functions of the liver shut down. When that occurs, a liver transplant is necessary.

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People living with Chronic HBV are very likely to develop liver cancer

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The inflammation that comes with a hepatitis B infection can lead to extensive liver scarring (cirrhosis), which may alter the liver's ability to function.

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What can happen if the drugs are ineffective or person infected cannot afford treatment

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What can happen if the drugs are ineffective or person infected cannot afford treatment

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the affection beings to deteriorate the liver and mutates into a larger problem

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The infected person experiences symptoms for six months

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The infected person goes to the doctor with symptoms is diagnosed with Acute HBV. This means that the virus will last for a little time and they will most likely not need meds, but if they do they will only be on them for a short amount of time

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infected person begins to feel symptoms of the disease which includes, pain in the abdomen, fatigue, loss of appetite, malaise, nausea, yellow skin and eyes, itchy skin

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There is an incubation period for ranging between 6 to 25 weeks before symptoms are notices

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When reproducing in other cells mistakes can be made which makes it so the person can be infected with different strains

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The HBV virus then gets released into the blood stream and can infect more liver cells

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The DNA polymerase causes the liver cells to replicate the HBV DNA

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The core particles release their contents which are DNA, and DNA polymerase into the the liver cells nucleaus

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HBV attack the liver cells by attaching themselves to the cell membrane, then through this the core particles enter the cell

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The Hepatitis B tries to infect the liver cells. When the immune system finds the virus they attack the virus which is exactly what the virus wants.

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HBV has made it into person through bodily fluids which has been transferred between them and an infected person