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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.
When a person is infected with the hepatitis B virus, it is able to enter liver cells from the blood and then use those cells to make more copies of the virus. As more and more of the hepatitis B virus is made in the liver cells, the liver cells can become damaged and may even die.et, not everyone infected with the hepatitis B virus will develop symptoms. With hepatitis B, a person can also develop a long-term liver infection (known as chronic hepatitis B). The hepatitis B virus is spread through infected bodily fluids. Among these bodily fluids are infected blood and blood products.