At present, there is no specific treatment for patients with acute hepatitis B. Acute infection is usually short and will often resolve on its own. Your health care provider may recommend rest, and adequate nutrition and fluids to help your body fight the infection. Hospitalization may be required for patients who suffer from severe vomiting and who are unable to maintain adequate nutritional levels.
It may also be required to prevent the development of complications. While chronic infection cannot be cured, there are two standard treatments in Canada that may control the virus and prevent further damage to the liver. Infection control precautions are the first line of defense to protect workers from hepatitis B and other blood-borne diseases.
For this reason, the Public Health Agency of Canada recommends routine practices when there is a risk of exposure to blood or certain body fluids.
Hepatitis B vaccines are available in Canada. They provide safe, reliable protection from hepatitis B when used either before or immediately after exposure to the virus. Tests show 90 to 95 percent of vaccinations of healthy people result in the development of resistance against hepatitis B. Side effects are usually mild with soreness at the injection site being the most commonly reported. People with allergies to any hepatitis B vaccine ingredients should not receive the vaccine.
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Search all fact sheets: Search. Type a word, a phrase, or ask a question. Blood Direct contact with infected blood can transmit the hepatitis B virus through: Punctures of the skin with blood-contaminated needles, lancets, scalpels, or other sharps. Direct contact with open sores of an infected person.
Splashes to skin bearing minute scratches, abrasions, burns, or even minor rashes. Splashes to mucous membranes in the mouth, nose, or eyes. Saliva Saliva of people with hepatitis B can contain the hepatitis B virus, but in very low concentrations compared with blood. In general, occupational groups with increased risk include: Health-care workers repeatedly exposed to blood or blood products or those who are at risk of needlestick injury.
Pathologists, laboratory personnel, or embalmers. Dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists. Certain staff members of institutions for the developmentally handicapped.
Staff of institutions where workers may be exposed to aggressive, biting residents. Prevention is recommended by receiving a vaccine for HBV. Antiviral medications can fight the virus and slow damage to the liver.
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Regular testing is recommended for people who currently inject and share needles, syringes, or other drug preparation equipment and for those currently getting maintenance hemodialysis.
A blood test, called an HCV antibody test, is used to find out if someone has ever been infected with the hepatitis C virus. This test, sometimes called the anti-HCV test, looks for antibodies, which are proteins released into the bloodstream when someone gets infected with the virus that causes hepatitis C.
Test results can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to come back. Rapid anti-HCV tests are available in some health clinics, and the results of these tests are available in 20—30 minutes. Your doctor will help interpret the results from your HCV antibody test and help guide you through next steps. It is important to know that. After exposure to the hepatitis C virus, it can take 8—11 weeks for an HCV antibody test to be positive.
For most people who are infected, the anti-HCV blood test will become positive by 6 months after exposure. For people with hepatitis C, it is common for liver enzyme levels to go up and down, sometimes returning to normal or near normal.
Some people with hepatitis C have liver enzyme levels that are normal for over a year even though they have chronic liver disease. People with chronic hepatitis C and those with cirrhosis even if they have been cured of their hepatitis C infection should be monitored regularly by a doctor, because these people have a continued risk of complications of advanced liver disease, including liver cancer. In addition, people living with hepatitis C should.
There is no evidence that people can get hepatitis C from food handlers, teachers, or other service providers without blood-to-blood contact.
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