HEPATITIS B VACCINATION
Hepatitis B vaccination readers instruction: 1. all the information are from https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/147832/Green-Book-updated-140313.pdf 2. important points are highlighted, just go through these. Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Many new infections with hepatitis B are sub-clinical or may have a flu-like illness. Jaundice only occurs in about 10% of younger children and in 30 to 50% of adults . Acute infection may occasionally lead to f ulminant hepatic necrosis, which is often fatal. The illness usually starts insidiously – with anorexia and nausea and an ache in the right upper abdomen. Fever, when present, is usually mild. Malaise may be profound, with disinclination to smoke or to drink alcohol. As jaundice develops, there is progressive darkening of the urine and lightening of the faeces . In patients who do not develop symptoms suggestive ...