do people die from hepatitis b?

[truefind]

do people die from hepatitis b?

[JBelt]

yeah... slowly but surely!

[Tynkah]

Chronic hepatitis B may eventually cause liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, a fatal disease with very poor response to current chemotherapy.

en.wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_B)

[riversta20]

Yes, get vaccinated!

[lostie]

I think so.Hepatitis B virus infects the liver of hominoidae, including humans, and causes an inflammation called hepatitis. It is a DNA virus and one of many unrelated viruses that cause viral hepatitis. The disease was originally known as "serum hepatitis" [1]and has caused epidemics in parts of Asia and Africa. Hepatitis B is endemic in China and various other parts of Asia.[2] The proportion of the world's population currently infected with the virus is estimated at 3 to 6%, but up to a third have been exposed. Symptoms of the acute illness caused by the virus include liver inflammation, vomiting, jaundice, and rarely, death. Chronic hepatitis B may eventually cause liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, a fatal disease with very poor response to current chemotherapy.[3] The infection is preventable by vaccination.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_B