They have been written by Stuart Millinship . This report has not been written by the Health On the Net Foundation's team and the Foundation is not responsible for the content of the Hepatitis B report. There is some evidence to suggest that Milk Thistle can reduce the recovery period so you may wish to consider discuss taking this with your doctor. Rapid deterioration occurs and the onset of hepatic encephalopathy is an indicator of serious illness and comma can develop within a few hours. Renal failure frequently occurs and this generally indicates a fatal outcome.
Survival is uncommon in adults but in children the prognosis is better.
At present no therapeutic measures have been found effective and the best hope for recovery depends on attending to complications as they develop and meticulous nursing care. Emergency liver transplantation has also had moderate success. Survivors of fulminant hepatitis B generally make a complete recovery and without liver damage. Chronic Hepatitis B Considering both conventional and complimentary medicine there appear to be three main classes of treatment Anti Virals Treatments in this category attempt to suppress or destroy the hepatitis B virus by attacking the virus or using other methods such as interfering with viral reproduction. These aim to modulate the human immune system to enable the body to mount it's own defence against the virus.