All possible symptoms of acute hepatitis B
- Loss of appetite
- Lassitude
- Performance reduction
- Fever
- Pain in limbs and joints
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Jaundice
- Dark coloration of urine
- Light coloring of the chair
- Upper abdominal pain
All possible symptoms of chronic hepatitis B
- Tiredness
- Drive reduction
- Loss of appetite
- Muscle and joint pain
- Feeling of pressure in the right upper abdomen
- If liver cirrhosis develops, further possible symptoms are added:
- Bleeding in the esophagus with vomiting
- Ascites
- Disturbances of consciousness in severe liver cirrhosis (hepatic encephalopathy)
- Water retention (edema)
- Skin symptoms like:
- Bluish discoloration in the area of the abdominal wall (Caput medusae)
- Spider naevi
- Reddening of the palm of the hand (palmarerythema)
- Paint tongue
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