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sandra2025:
Hepatitis is same with herpes right?
I did the test this week and came out negative.

I'm single and searching.

Me too

Samuel Peters came to mind

sandra2025:
Hepatitis is same with herpes right?
I did the test this week and came out negative.

I'm single and searching.

No. They're two entirely different viruses, and operate distinctly.

I did mine last month, at my place of work and it came out negative. I plan on going to get the vaccine soonest.

This awareness is incomplete. A lot is left unsaid about Hepatitis B. Typical of all the information we've been getting on Hepatitis B. You tell us the possible causes, give those living with acute type hope but remains unconcerned about the plight of those living with Chronic hepatitis B.

sandra2025:
Hepatitis is same with herpes right?
I did the test this week and came out negative.

I'm single and searching.

Ok, may GOD give you your exact type

I dont have money for test

ceejay80s:
It killed my friend about 2years ago

Even those who don't have the virus die everyday. Something must definitely bring the end of a man. When the time comes to depart, one must surely leave.

osuofia2:
Tested, positive, treated, now negative. It's a complicated virus, need special care, diet, avoid alcohol, follow your drugs.
Hepatitis is mostly childhood virus that leads to serious complications in adult if not well managed.
Most adults who got infected clears it without seeking treatment.
The awareness for the virus is not much like hiv and AIDS yet very dangerous.
Take your vaccine if negative, you are protected for life

I got tested around late February this year and the results came positive.

From all indications, it something I caught up from birth. Though, In fact, I wouldn't have known I have it if I had not gone for test to fulfil an employment requirement.

The only symptom I have is the lost of appetite. I hope to go do the test again this coming month

Qwikkie:
If you are to be honest: when last did you check your Hepatitis B status?

If your answer is "I can't remember" or "never," you're not alone and that's exactly why we're having this conversation today.

Some diseases are silent killers. They move quietly, without drama, without loud symptoms, while the person carrying them goes about their daily life completely unaware. Hepatitis B is one of those diseases. It's deadly, it's contagious, and yet so many people don't fully understand it because nobody has really broken it down for them, until now.

Today marks World Hepatitis Day, and this year's theme is "Let's Break It Down." In line with this theme, we want to walk you through the essentials.

Here's the truth upfront: Hepatitis B doesn't have a cure once it reaches the chronic stage. That sounds scary, and it should get your attention. But don't panic, this isn't meant to frighten you, it's meant to wake you up. The good news is that when caught early, at the acute stage, it can actually be treated. Early discovery isn't just an option, it's your best shot.
So, What Exactly Is Hepatitis B?

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks your liver. Think of your liver as your body's filter, it cleans out toxins, helps digest food, and keeps you running smoothly. Now imagine a virus quietly setting up camp there, causing inflammation and slowly damaging that filter over time. That's Hepatitis B in a nutshell.

Some people fight it off and recover completely. Others aren't so lucky the virus sticks around and becomes a long-term (chronic) condition that can lead to serious liver damage, liver failure, or even liver cancer down the line.
Symptoms Of Hepatitis B?

The tricky part is: many people with Hepatitis B don't feel sick at all, especially in the early stage. That's exactly why it spreads without anyone noticing. But when symptoms do show up, they can include:

Constant tiredness or fatigue that doesn't make sense

Loss of appetite

Nausea or vomiting

Stomach pain, especially around the abdomen

Yellowing of the eyes or skin (jaundice)

Dark urine

Joint pain

The problem is these symptoms can be mistaken for malaria, typhoid, or just "stress." That's why relying on symptoms alone is risky, a proper test is the only way to really know.
Can You Actually Catch Hepatitis B From Someone?

Yes, and this is important. Hepatitis B is transmissible, meaning it spreads from one person to another. It's carried in blood and certain body fluids, and it can pass through:

Unprotected sex with an infected person

Sharing needles, syringes, or sharp objects (like blades or unsterilized tattoo/piercing tools)

Mother-to-child transmission during childbirth

Contact with infected blood, for example through open wounds or unsafe medical procedures

It does not spread through casual contact, you can't catch it from hugging, sharing food, coughing, or sneezing. So there's no need to isolate or stigmatize anyone living with it. What you need instead is awareness and precaution.
Final Thought

Hepatitis B isn't something to be scared into silence about. it's something to be informed about. As this year's theme reminds us: let's break it down.

We believe awareness is the first step to prevention. Don't wait until symptoms show up, because by then, it might already be too late for the easier treatment options. We encourage you to walk into the nearest laboratory or hospital and get tested. It takes a few minutes, but it could save your life or someone else's.

Because at the end of the day, there's nothing that compares to having a healthy life.

Know your status. Break it down. Share this message with someone you care about.

Many people will have asymptomatic Hepatitis B and C.Yet they will grow old with them.



Everybody has Hepatitis A and the body system always gets over it .That is who some people have stomach troubles beacause they conract it from Infected food.

There was a need for me to go for test in 2024, negative result. I opted for immunisation immediately with roughly N5,000 per jab, three times. My wife too.
This thing kpai my brother.
Most women usually discover that they have it during routine antenatal care/tests and they don't do follow up/monitor after giving birth and it becomes chronic for many and it slowly and gradually destroys the liver in some cases.

babtoundey:
I got tested around late February this year and the results came positive.

From all indications, it something I caught up from birth. Though, In fact, I wouldn't have known I have it if I had not gone for test to fulfil an employment requirement.

The only symptom I have is the lost of appetite. I hope to go do the test again this coming month

Yeah , if it's from childhood, you need to start proper treatment, avoid alcohol, eat lots of sugar cane. Do your viral load test and also liver function test to know the extend of damage.
Start early you will clear it, FYI, most Drs don't have idea of the virus, few gastrologies

babtoundey:
This awareness is incomplete. A lot is left unsaid about Hepatitis B. Typical of all the information we've been getting on Hepatitis B. You tell us the possible causes, give those living with acute type hope but remains unconcerned about the plight of those living with Chronic hepatitis B.

If positive and chronic, there is hope, start treatment early, avoid alcohol, eat sugar cane it helps

osuofia2:
Yeah , if it's from childhood, you need to start proper treatment, avoid alcohol, eat lots of sugar cane. Do your viral load test and also liver function test to know the extend of damage.
Start early you will clear it, FYI, most Drs don't have idea of the virus, few gastrologies

Clear what? The viral load can only go down in chronic patient who is on medication but can't be eradicated.
His loss of appetite gives me concern but it might not be associated with the liver though

[quote author=Eriokanmi post=140182413]Yes, regularly. Take the vaccine, it will help you too.[ vaccine can't work once you have hepatitis B]

maasoap:
Clear what? The viral load can only go down in chronic patient who is on medication but can't be eradicated.
His loss of appetite gives me concern but it might not be associated with the liver though

It is treatable and curable, I am a living witness, take your medication and be consistent, chronic

sandra2025:
Waoh!

Any symptoms you're experiencing?

No particular symptoms
I stopped treatment because they where too expensive.
I just dey God hand like this

adaxme:
It came out positive
But I'm still here

You need follow up tests from time to time.

Olamideayomide:
Pray the charges for the test won't be too much cos the name sef is too expensive....

Don't mind me health is wealth, a check up can save our life.

Enlightens us on the price range for the test. Thank you

Very cheap. As high as the cost of things in Nigeria, it can't be more 5k by now

Yes!

Are you saying it can't be eradicate completely

maasoap:
Clear what? The viral load can only go down in chronic patient who is on medication but can't be eradicated.
His loss of appetite gives me concern but it might not be associated with the liver though

osuofia2:
It is treatable and curable, I am a living witness, take your medication and be consistent, chronic

It only goes on its own, no medication that can cure it as at today.
If a person does a test six months apart and it is still positive, that means it has become chronic, forever! May be your own cleared itself out within six months of contracting it and you wrongly assumed that it was the medication you were taking during that period that cured it . You can do a little research on it

Djponpin1:
Are you saying it can't be eradicate completely

It has tendency to clear on its own without any medication in adults, and that's usually within 6 months of contracting it. If one goes to hospital in January and tested positive and that person goes back in July for another test and the result is still positive, that means it has become chronic. One just need to be monitoring and managing it with medication so that it is not allowed to damage the liver. It has no cure unless some people want to be extorting the person

babtoundey:
I got tested around late February this year and the results came positive.

From all indications, it something I caught up from birth. Though, In fact, I wouldn't have known I have it if I had not gone for test to fulfil an employment requirement.

The only symptom I have is the lost of appetite. I hope to go do the test again this coming month

is the test covered by HMO?

Please send me a message

maasoap:
It only goes on its own, no medication that can cure it as at today.
If a person does a test six months apart and it is still positive, that means it has become chronic, forever! May be your own cleared itself out within six months of contracting it and you wrongly assumed that it was the medication you were taking during that period that cured it . You can do a little research on it

babtoundey:
I got tested around late February this year and the results came positive.

From all indications, it something I caught up from birth. Though, In fact, I wouldn't have known I have it if I had not gone for test to fulfil an employment requirement.

The only symptom I have is the lost of appetite. I hope to go do the test again this coming month

U can only come to this conclusion if Ur siblings are positive as well. Pls endeavour to go for viral load test and liver function test.

I actually read about a story of guy who mentioned he got cured though here on nairaland although with a strict diet. Among which avoiding anything that has to do with protein even as far to crayfish and also oil for six months

sandra2025:
Hepatitis is same with herpes right?
I did the test this week and came out negative.

I'm single and searching.

are you searching for real

Inbox your digit

TheDemola:
Please send me a message

Done

kindmman:
Even those who don't have the virus die everyday. Something must definitely bring the end of a man. When the time comes to depart, one must surely leave.

Change this mentality for your own sake and for the sake of your loved ones. Deaths caused by old age or by accidents are not the same as the ones caused by something within your power to prevent.
Have you stood by a family member and watched him or her died because hepatitis B destroyed his or her liver? I did and it is not an experience you would want me to describe to you. Have you seen a human being shitting blood?

I tried replying you but it's saying your email isn't reachable

maasoap:
Done

TheDemola:
I tried replying you but it's saying your email isn't reachable

Flavourhappy@gmail.com