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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.
Hepatitis B is a contagious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. It can cause either acute or chronic illness.Acute hepatitis B is a newly acquired infection that causes illness within six months or less of exposure to the hepatitis B virus.Chronic hepatitis B results from the hepatitis B virus remaining in the body for six months or more.eath from chronic liver disease or liver cancer occurs in 15-25% of chronically infected people. How lon g is a person able to spread hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is present before symptoms appear and while symptoms are present. Persons with the hepatitis B virus in their blood can spread hepatitis B to others.