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writes: GF has hepatitis B and she wants to break up-Having been dating this girl for almost 1 year, she is very caring and sweet. We are a good match in many things and talk about our future a lot recently. Unfortunately yesterday she came over and told me that she got Hepatitis B disease therefore she wants to break up because she doesnt want to drag my life into endless pains with a patient. She said she is not just a HBV carrier but many carrier eventually get liver cancer. I dont want to lose her, but I worry about this disease. Is there anyone knowing that any hospital or medicine can help with her situation? Should we still live together or we should live seperately? How should I do for this relationship? I can not break up with her becasue of this, but I need respect her wishes and decisions- Reply to this Question
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reader, Wendyg  +, writes (19 July 2006):
 The link that I have attached at the bottom should give you the information that you need. Shes obviously just been told the news and its a bit of a shock to her and she can only see the bad side of it and doesnt realise that all the things she is qouting are not always the case... as the link will tell you. There is a vaccination that you can have to safegaurd you from the disease should the two of you stay together. The outlook isnt always great granted but from experiencing what my dad went through i can share this with you ... My dad contracted Hepatitis B from being bitten by a rat.. its called wheals disease in this instance but is still Hep B. he caught this when he was 19 and is now 60... he had a few years of on off care to monitor him and alleviate the problems, various drugs and things and often would go the yellow colour jaundice as it affects the liver, he will never be able to donate blood, or any organs but in his case which when you think was diagnosed decades ago, he didnt get cirrohsis and he didnt get cancer, he had to stay away from fatty food and the like to ensure he didnt get a flare up and when he was a little run down he would turn yellow... but in the main he was pretty much okay and has no signs of it turning to anything else... much more is known about it now and there are better treatments. Not all cases end in cancer or cirrosis, there are various types of Hep B acute for instance which is less likely to develop into something more sinister later on, so its not cut and dried unless you know exactly how she caught it, what strain it is and how they intend to treat her, generally acute can calm on its own but Chronic will need antiviral drugs and so on, but chronic doesnt always have to mean that it will turn to cirrohsis or cancer, the risk is higher yes but its not always the case. The link below may help plus you may feel you want to speak to your own gp about this and how best to safeguard you and what you can do to help. its not always a life sentence and many do live pretty normal lives provided they keep checks look after themselves and do as medically advised. So you may need to get as much info as you can and take it from there.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/hepatitisb.htm
Hope this helps
Take care x
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