Hepatitis B (infectious liver inflammation type B)

Reviewed by Dr Janice Main, senior lecturer and honorary consultant physician in infectious diseases and general medicine

How is type B hepatitis treated?
There is no specific medical treatment for acute type B hepatitis. Chronic type B hepatitis can by treated with injections of interferon alfa, when disease activity has been confirmed by a blood sample or a tissue sample from the liver.

Approximately one third of the patients will benefit from the treatment. Longer courses of specific antiviral medicines are currently being given with hopeful results. Lamivudine, an antiviral medicine, is helpful for some patients.

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