Will hepatitis B virus turn into liver cancer if left untreated? You also need to pay attention to these things to prevent liver cancer

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has no obvious clinical symptoms, and many patients do not take it seriously. However, having HBV virus (HBV) will not only endanger your health, but the HBV virus in your body will continue to replicate, causing damage to your immune system, and may eventually deteriorate into cirrhosis or even liver cancer.

Patients with hepatitis B virus usually have no symptoms, and the virus replication is not so active. Many hepatitis B virus carriers or chronic hepatitis B patients believe that as long as the transaminase index (ALT, AST) is normal and there are no uncomfortable symptoms, it means that the liver function is normal and no treatment is needed. However, as everyone knows, the transaminase level can only partially reflect the function of the liver, but cannot accurately show the progress of liver disease. The damage of hepatitis B virus to the liver is carried out silently. Although the liver function of some patients is still good, the liver tissue has been damaged.

China is a country with a high incidence of hepatitis B. There are about 93 million people infected with chronic hepatitis B virus, including about 20 million chronic hepatitis B patients, but less than 10% of them are receiving formal treatment.

Hepatitis B is like spring rain that moistens silently, always developing and worsening in silence. If patients with hepatitis B do not receive treatment, the harm is very great. As the hepatitis B virus continues to replicate, the patient will suffer liver damage, causing a large number of liver cells to necrotize, the liver lobules to be structurally damaged, and liver function disorders. When the liver function of hepatitis B is abnormal, it will affect the normal metabolism of the human body. In this way, patients with hepatitis B will experience symptoms such as fatigue, loss of appetite, aversion to greasy food, abdominal distension, jaundice, etc., which will have a serious impact on normal daily life.

Hepatitis B virus is contagious and has a wide range of transmission routes. If healthy people around them do not pay attention to prevention when coming into contact with hepatitis B virus patients, they will be infected. Therefore, family members and friends of hepatitis B virus patients must pay attention to getting the hepatitis B vaccine.

Although there are no symptoms for Hepatitis B virus (HBV), in order to prevent the disease from progressing, patients with Hepatitis B should actively follow the doctor's advice and actively cooperate with antiviral treatment to effectively delay and reduce the occurrence of liver decompensation, cirrhosis, liver cancer and its complications. Patients with Hepatitis B should improve their compliance with treatment, pay attention to the dosage and method of use of medication, and ensure that they do not stop, change or miss medication on their own, otherwise it may delay treatment and lead to disease progression.

Liver disease experts said that "hepatitis-cirrhosis-liver cancer" is the trilogy of chronic hepatitis B progression. If you have hepatitis B virus (HBV) positive, it will first endanger your health. The HBV virus in the body of patients with hepatitis B virus positive will continue to replicate, destroying their own immune system, causing the disease to linger and eventually turn into cirrhosis or even liver cancer. Therefore, early diagnosis and early treatment of patients with hepatitis B virus positive is the key to delaying the progression of the disease.