Catalog
Chronic hepatitis B
Link to WHO Definition
Chronic hepatitis B – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/352087872
A liver disease characterised by liver inflammation and fibrosis caused by more than 6 months of infection with the hepatitis B virus. Even at stage of cirrhosis there are often no symptoms. Otherwise, clinical features include fatigue, hard liver edge and complications of cirrhosis (muscle wasting, ascites, splenomegaly/portal hypertension). Transmission is by blood and body fluid contamination, sexual transmission, and from mother to baby at the time of birth (vertical transmission). Confirmation of the diagnosis is by detection of HBsAg, but assessment of severity, prognosis and indication for treatment requires quantification of HBV DNA in serum.
Parents
Children
- Chronic hepatitis B, with cirrhosis
- Chronic hepatitis B with acute exacerbation
- Chronic hepatitis B without human immunodeficiency virus co-infection
- Hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] carrier
- Chronic hepatitis B, co-infected with hepatitis C virus and hepatitis D virus
- Chronic hepatitis B, co-infected with hepatitis C virus
- Chronic hepatitis B, co-infected with hepatitis D virus
- 1E51.00 Chronic hepatitis B with human immunodeficiency virus co-infection
- Chronic hepatitis B infection without liver disease
- Chronic hepatitis B, without cirrhosis