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Hepatitis B

•Last Updated: October 13, 2024

Hepatitis B is an acute or chronic viral infection that causes liver inflammation and damage. The virus spreads through contact with bodily fluids from a person who has the virus. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, dark yellow urine, fatigue, fever, jaundice, and nausea.

Last Updated:October 13, 2024

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Do psychological therapies help people with inflamed guts?

In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in adults with inflammatory digestive illnesses, psychological interventions improved depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and stress, but not symptoms of the specific illnesses.

Factors associated with significant fibrosis in people with chronic hepatitis B