Therapy

In the first phase, only the acute symptoms are treated. Medications to treat the infection itself are only used if the illness is long or severe. The therapy lasts months to years, and must sometimes be continued for the rest of your life.

The HIV and hepatitis therapies must then be adjusted against each other, as sometimes the same medications are used.

In people with a weakened immune system, hepatitis B can sometimes suddenly return, even after it appeared to have already healed. This occurs because the virus remains in the liver and can start to replicate again from there.

Liver-damaging substances such as alcohol, drugs and unnecessary medications should be avoided during hepatitis B illness.

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