What is Hep B?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
9. Prevention
Many cases of hepatitis B can be avoided if only the patient received a vaccine for the virus. The vaccine is usually administered as a course of several injections over a few months. Hepatitis B could also have been prevented in many cases if protection was used during sexual intercourse.
As mentioned, avoiding the sharing of needles can also help prevent in many cases of the disease. If you have not had a vaccine then you should consider doing so, especially if you are in certain high risk categories. This includes sexually promiscuous people, people that work in health care, and people that travel to certain parts of the world.
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