Questions in The Hepatitis Forum are being answered by doctors from Henry Ford Health System , consistently ranked one of the best hospitals in America. In som, individuals, it can cause liver failure or liver cancer. There are some good treatments available for hepatitis B although we cannot cure it in all cases.
New treatments are on the horizon.
Hepatitis B can be spread in a variety of ways. Blood to blood contact can spread the virus and this happens most commonly in the US with intravenous drug use. There is a safe and effective vaccine. We do feel excess alcohol use has the potential to be harmful to people infected with hepatitis B and I ask my patients to limit themselves to no more than two drinks a week although the less the better. Good luck to you.