Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer

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Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer

• An Interactive Presentation

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What is Hepatitis B?

• Inflammation of the liver
• Caused by a virus
• Can be chronic or acute (6 months)
• Symptoms of acute hepatitis B
• Loss of appetite, vomiting, fever, dark urine,
  jaundice

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Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer

• Chronic is generally asymptomatic
• Chronic can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer
• HBV carriers have a 200 times greater chance of
  developing liver cancer
• HBV is a carcinogen that is second only to
  tobacco in causing cancer deaths worldwide

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What do you want to know?
HBV and HIV
Prevention
Treatment
Transmission
What can I do?
API and HBV
You cant get HBV by.
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HBV vs. HIV

• HBV can survive outside the body for 7 days, HIV
  can survive a few hours
• HBV is 100 times more infectious
• There are 8-10 times as many people in the world
  with chronic HBV than HIV/AIDS

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HBV and API

• Asian and Pacific Islanders are a high-risk group
  for HBV
• HBV and liver cancer - greatest disparity between
  Asian and white Americans
• As many as 1 in 10 Asians is chronically infected
  with HBV
• Many Asians are born with the disease

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Global Prevalence of HBV
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Transmission

• Vertical transmission from mother to child
• Unprotected sexual contact
• Sharing needles (drugs, tattoos)
• Contaminated blood transfusion
• BBS (blood, birth, sex)

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Prevention

• Completely vaccine preventable!
• 3 shot series x ---1 month--- 5 months
• Babies born to infected mothers are vaccinated
  and receive HbIG
• Must happen within 12 hours of birth
• Considered the first anti-cancer vaccine

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How you cant get HBV

• HBV is NOT spread through
• Sharing food or water
• Sharing utensils or glasses
• Tears, sweat, urine, stools
• Coughing or sneezing
• Kissing or hugging
• Breastfeeding
• Mosquitoes

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Tests Treatment

• Screening is necessary to determine those who are
  unprotected
• Without monitoring 1in 4 will die (25)
• Blood tests
• HBsAg positive test indicates you are infected
• HBsAB positive test indicates you have HBV
  antibodies

• Antiviral pills and HBIg shots are available
• AFP ALT tests and liver ultrasounds

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How can I help?

• Spread the word! Get involved!
• Jade Ribbon Youth Council
• Youth Leadership Conference

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• Any Questions?