Vaccines are available. Up to 200,000 Hepatitis B Direct contact with infected blood or bodily fluids, such as from sharing drug needles or having sex with an infected person. Babies can be infected by their mothers during birth. Jaundice, fatigue, abdominal and joint pain, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. Can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer, however most people infected with the virus do not develop chronic infection.
Some people never develop symptoms.
The drug interferon reduces the chance of a return of the disease and can be effective in about 30 percent to 40 percent of patents. A vaccine has been available since the early 1980s. Between 150,000 and 300,000 Hepatitis C Shared drug needles, sexual contact and blood transfusions prior to 1992. Babies can get the disease from their mothers during birth. Most people never experience acute symptoms such as fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, jaundice, nausea, and vomiting.