
Diagnosed With Hepatitis B. Vomiting Blood, Bleeding From Nose. Chances Of Recovery? Treatment?

hi, my sister is 15 years old and she has just been diagnosed with the hep b virus, acute hepatitis b. what are the chances that she would recover from the infection. and is there any drug that can help her with the recovery? thanx
Thank you for posting your query.
I understand your concern and I feel sorry to know that your sister is suffering from hepatitis B.
If she gets proper medical care, she should recover from this condition. The mortality rate for severe cases of hepatitis B is approximately 2.5%.
Regarding the vomiting of blood, this could be due to the accompanying thrombocytopenia(Less platelets in the blood) or due to vitamin K deficiency which follows hepatitis.
There are medicines to improve the outcome, they are expensive but they do decrease the disease severity and overall outcome.
Interferon alfa(IFN-a), lamivudine, telbivudine, adefovir, entecavir, and tenofovir are the main treatment drugs approved globally for hepatitis B disease.
You can ask your doctors to make sure that she receives vitamin K injections along with the above mentioned medicines.
If they can identify the location of bleeding, then the bleeding artery or vein can be tied off endoscopically.
I can understand how difficult it is for your and your family to deal with the current situation, I sincerely hope that your sister gets better soon.
Please do not hesitate to write back if you have any doubts or if you any more questions.
Wishing your sister a hasty recovery.
Warm regards.


Thank you for writing back.
Chronic Hepatitis-B/238" >hepatitis B is different from severe hepatitis B.
Severe hepatitis B means, a severe acute infection, where a person develops acute liver failure and complications because of that.
Vomiting of blood will qualify this condition as severe, hence hospitalisation and proper medical management is essential.
A chronic hepatitis-B is one where a person remains to have low grade but active infection in the liver for more than 3 to 6 months.
These chronic cases may in future progress to become chronic carrier cases which has its own course of progression and outcome.
With adequate management, your sister will not become either a chronic case or a carrier, and in addition to that, she will improve much faster.
I hope this answers your query. Please feel free to get back to me in case you need any further clarification.
Wishing your sister a speedy recovery again.
Regards.

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