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Hepatitis B Symptoms

Health Encyclopedia: Hepatitis B

Treatment

Acute hepatitis needs no treatment other than careful monitoring of liver function, by measuring serum transaminases and prothrombin time.

In rare cases of liver failure, the patient should be monitored in an intensive care unit. Because liver damage decreases the liver's ability to degrade proteins, the patient's protein intake should be restricted.

Also, lactulose, metronidazole or neomycin should be administered (to limit protein production by bacteria in the gut). Patie...

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