Uganda: Give More Attention to Hepatitis B Control

[Monitor] Although Hepatitis B does not cause the kind of panic cholera or typhoid would, it is one of the diseases that should not be taken lightly. Hepatitis B is a virus that attacks the liver. Symptoms may include feeling very tired, a mild fever, vomiting and yellowish eyes and skin (jaundice). Many will get it for a short time and then it will disappear on its own. But there are those for whom the virus causes a long-term infection and those are the ones in danger. This is because with chronic Hepatitis B, the
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news