Risk Factors for Hepatitis B

List of Risk Factors for Hepatitis B

The list of risk factors mentioned for Hepatitis B in various sources includes:

• Sexual behavior
• Close contact with HBV positive people
• Male homosexual behavior
• Injection drug use
• Travel
• Occupational blood exposure
• Chronic kidney failure
• Clotting factor concentrate treatment
• Correctional facilities
• Blood
• Sexual fluids
• Bodily fluids
• Breast milk
• Tattooing
• Ear-piercing
• Acupuncture
• Blood splashing into eyes
• Dental procedures
• Medical procedures

Risk factors discussion:

Viral Hepatitis A to E and Beyond: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Injection drug users, people who have sex with an infected person, men who have sex with men, children of immigrants from disease-endemic areas, people who live with an infected person, infants born to infected mothers, health care workers, and hemodialysis patients. (Source: excerpt from Viral Hepatitis A to E and Beyond: NIDDK)

Vaccinations for Hepatitis A & B: NIDDK (Excerpt)

High-risk populations

• People with multiple sex partners and those who have been recently diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease.
• Sex partners and household contacts of HBV carriers.
• Men who have sex with men.
• Household contacts of adoptees from countries with high rates of hepatitis B.
• Injection drug users.
• Travelers to countries with high rates of hepatitis B (staying longer than 6 months).
• People with occupational exposure to blood.
• Clients and staff in institutions for the developmentally disabled.
• Patients with chronic kidney failure (including those on chronic hemodialysis).
• Patients receiving clotting factor concentrates.
• Inmates of long-term correctional facilities.

Risks factors for Hepatitis B: medical news summaries:

The following medical news items are relevant to risk factors for Hepatitis B:

• 17 substances added to America's list of carcinogens
• Fatty liver disease becoming popular
• Liver disease not harmed or improved with milk thistle
• More news »

About risk factors:

Risk factors for Hepatitis B are factors that do not seem to be a direct cause of the disease, but seem to be associated in some way. Having a risk factor for Hepatitis B makes the chances of getting a condition higher but does not always lead to Hepatitis B. Also, the absence of any risk factors or having a protective factor does not necessarily guard you against getting Hepatitis B. For general information and a list of risk factors, see the risk center.

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