Patients with Hepatitis B is usually decreased body condition and difficult to eat, then the first step in treatment is patients have to force themselves to eat nutritious food.
Whereas the first medical step is hospitalization, bed rest and administration febrifuge and anti-nausea. If, for chronic hepatitis B, then the doctor will give injections of interferon alpha and interferon beta. This injection will kill the virus in the liver. However, these drugs have side effects such as body chills, aching rheumatic pain, no appetite to mental disorders.
Treatment by injection lasted for 6 months at a cost of 2-3 million once injection.
Another treatment is by way of tablets taken daily, namely lamivudin, Hepsera, Atikavir and Telbivudin. When treatment with the tablet takes one full year with a cheaper cost.
After going through the stages of treatment, patients with hepatitis B should still be doing their heart health checks every 6 months regularly.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Healthy Tips:Hepatitis B
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