TRIBUNNEWS.COM, YOGYAKARTA Hepatitis B disease is caused by the HBV virus (Hepatitis B Virus) that infects liver or liver.
In general, the symptoms of infection liver caused by the HBV virus causes yellowing of the eyes and skin, abdominal pain, cloudy urine and even itching until it swells or shrinks liver.
“Hepatitis B causes infection which can be divided into acute infection and chronic infection,” said dr. Krisma Kurnia Sp.PD FINASIM., from Siloam Hospitals Yogyakarta recently opened a healthy talk education through the Live Instagram platform in the city of Yogyakarta.
Krisma Kurnia said, HBV infection in acute conditions can be interpreted to occur within a period of six months.
Handling in this acute condition can be done by immediately visiting the health service to get the right treatment. The immune system can be helped with the hepatitis vaccine, which provides antibodies or immunity against the hepatitis B virus.
“It’s only if the patient still feels complaints due to this infection even continuously.
This means that HBV infection has reached a chronic stage, which can be interpreted because the body’s immune system cannot fight infection,” explained one senior doctor from Siloam Hospitals Yogyakarta.
Krisma explained that infection in the chronic stage can cause complications, namely liver cancer and cirrhosis (damage to the liver due to liver disease), occurring over a long period of time, which is between 10 to 15 years.
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Hepatitis B disease can attack all ages from children to adults.
In health talk education, it was also explained that basically the virus spreads through the body fluids of patients or those who are infected, such as through blood products (unsterilized syringes / unfiltered blood), sexual intercourse without safety equipment, and often from mother (patient) to babies during pregnancy, childbirth and/or breastfeeding.
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dr. Krisma Kurnia Sp.PD FINASIM., from Siloam Hospitals Yogyakarta explained that Hepatitis B can be cured through special medical treatment and can be prevented by getting the Hepatitis B Vaccine which is usually within a certain time.
“Hepatitis B vaccine is given 3 times during treatment. Vaccination is the best way to prevent exposure of the virus to other organs,” said Krisma Kurnia.
According to him, the hepatitis B vaccine has a 98-100 percent effectiveness in preventing and helping the body’s immune system against the HBV virus.
“In this time of the corona pandemic, those who want to be fully vaccinated against Hepatitis B should be able to get it after a period of a month after receiving the complete vaccine for Covid-19 and maybe it can be reversed by paying attention to the priority scale and things about how HBV is spread,” said Krisma. .
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