Hepatitis B causes

• Contact with your blood or an open sore
• Sharing needles or syringes
• Unprotected sex
• Body piercings and tattoos
• Toiletries
• By Organ transplants
• Come in contact with infected blood or body fluids of friends or family members
• Use needles to take recreational drugs
• Have sex with more than one person
• Are a health care worker
• Work in a day care center, school, or jail

Symptoms and Signs of Hepatitis B

Most people do not experience any symptoms during the acute infection phase. However, some people have acute illness with symptoms that last several weeks, including
Being sick
Fever
Nausea
Abdominal discomfort
Dark urine
Yellow skin and eyes (jaundice).
Feeling tired.
Muscle soreness.
Loss of appetite.
Diarrhea.
Light colored stools.
Flu-like symptoms, such as tiredness, general aches and pains, and headaches.
However, many people don't realize they have been infected with the virus because the symptoms may not develop immediately, or even at all.
It takes between 40 and 160 days for any symptoms to develop after exposure to the virus.