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A Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered. Chronic hepatitis B affects the health of the liver, causing long-term inflammation (more than six months) of the liver. Symptoms can subside; however, chronic inflammation can lead to liver failure or liver cancer. In some cases of chronic hepatitis B, patients may need antiviral medications to lessen the effect of the infection of the liver. In severe cases, end-stage liver disease occurs, and a liver transplant may be needed.
1 Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease. 2  The virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person.n some people, the hepatitis B virus can also cause a chronic liver infection that can later develop into cirrhosis of the liver or liver cancer. More than 90% of healthy adults who are infected with the hepatitis B virus will recover naturally from the virus within the first year.