If You Don't Get Treated Risk of transmitting hepatitis B to sexual partners. Permanent damage to the liver. Risk of chronic hepatitis B, which is incurable. A pregnant mother with hepatitis B risks giving it to her child during childbirth. No medical treatment exists although, with bed rest, most people's bodies can fight it by itself.
Recovery usually takes between three and sixteen weeks.
Some people never recover from hepatitis B and come down with chronic hepatitis B, which is incurable. A vaccine for hepatitis B exists.