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What is hep b and how does it relate to cirossis of the liver?
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Viral infection : Hepatitis b is a viral infection of the liver; and causes chronic infection in a very large number of people infected as infants or very young children ( <5% of people infected during adolescence or adulthood). Chronic infection with hbv results in chronic liver disease, including liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Cirrhosis is irreversible liver scarring and damage. Hepatitis b can be thus deadly.
Answered 3/6/2013
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