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Can hepatitis b continue to cause damage even if you've recovered from it and the infection didn't become chronic? is there any way to 100% remove the virus from your body?

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If...: If you are recovered and do not develop chronic hep B you become immune to it if you have been exposed. There is no further damage the virus can cause under those circumstances.

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Answered 4/4/2018

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