2. Hepatitis B By Jamie Coyle

3. Main Symptoms The main symptoms are fatigue, abdominal pain, and jaundice (yellow coloration of the skin). Other symptoms may include nausea/vomiting and joint pain. When you have this disease, you eventually go through all these symptoms.

4. Ways to contract the virus. Having “unsafe non-condom sex.” Sharing personal items such as razors, especially with Hepatitis B virus on them. Using infected needles during excessive illegal drug use. Contamination on tattoo needles.

5. Other types of Hepatitis Hepatitis A, which is the mildest form Hepatitis B, which is the second worst, but can also be controlled. Hepatitis C, which is the most serious one, if you get this one, chances are you will soon be going by by.

6. Transmission occurs when…. The body fluids/blood of an infected person enters the un-immune body of another person. People who are at risk for Hepatitis B are also have chances of getting Hepatitis C.

7. Risk Groups Persons with multiple sex partners and don’t use condoms. Men that have sex with men. Any sexual contact with an infected person will give you this disease. Using sterile needles and condoms will help prevent you from getting this disease.

8. Statistics Highest rate of people that get it are in the 20 to 49 year old age group. There has been a great decline in infected children due to routine vaccinations. An estimated 1.25 chronically infected americans (20-30% get it in childhood). About 400 million people are carrying this disease around.

9. Works Cited www.yahoo/health.com www2hepb.org/info.html www.globalserve.net/~harlequin/HBV/history.htm ND board of health webpage www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis