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Hepatitis B
What to Watch For:
- Symptoms show up 1-9 months after
contact with the hepatitis B virus.
- Many people have no symptoms or mild
symptoms.
- Flu-like feelings that don’t go
away.
- Tiredness.
- Jaundice (yellow skin).
- Dark urine, light-colored bowel
movements.
How
Do You Get This STD?
- Spread during
vaginal, anal and oral sex with someone who has hepatitis B.
- Spread by sharing needles
to inject drugs.
- Spread by contact with
infected blood.
What
Happens if You Don’t Get Treated?
-You
can give hepatitis B to your sexual partner(s) or someone you share a
needle with.
-Some
people recover completely.
-Some people cannot be cured. Symptoms
go away, but they can still give hepatitis B to others.
-Can cause permanent liver damage.
-A mother with hepatitis B can give it
to her baby during childbirth.
For more information, contact your
medical provider or the Oklahoma City-County Health Department 425-4430. |
