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To whom and why hep b becomes chronic for a normal person? is there any criteria?
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Hepatitis B: there are no definitive reasons why hepatitis B becomes chronic in some patients and not in others, although it is very common for someone who contracts hepatitis B at birth to develop chronic illness, one reason for the high incidence of chronic hepatitis B in Asian populations. If you do not have hepatitis B, the vaccination is very effective at preventing it. Good luck.
Answered 3/19/2015
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Not proven.: Although we know how a person contracts Hep B, we don't know for sure why some people clear it and other perfectly healthy people don't. However, the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B is more straightforward. If the hepatitis B infection hasn't cleared, not only will the antibody test still be positive, but so will the tests for the presence of the virus itself.
Answered 3/19/2015
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