Taking Charge of Your Health: Free Hepatitis B Screening and Treatment
About this episode
Chronic hepatitis B affects the liver, and may result in liver damage (called cirrhosis), liver failure, liver cancer, and early death if left untreated. The hepatitis B virus that causes the condition can spread by blood transfusion, sexual contact, and sharing contaminated needles or razors. Most individuals, including those who acquire the virus in childhood, do not notice any specific symptoms, and remain unaware of their hepatitis B infection. However, the virus may remain active, causing slow but progressive damage to the liver. Therefore, many people with hepatitis B only discover their infection when the liver has already suffered severe damage. Testing for the hepatitis B virus easily establishes whether an individual is infected, and can stop liver damage from progressing.Read More
Contact
For further information, you can connect with Mzamo Mbelle and Geoffrey Dusheiko at Kings College Hospital Institute of Liver Studies
W: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sims/centres-institutes/liver-studies
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