To fully understand hepatitis B, we need to consider what the immune system is doing to the liver as it tries to control the hepatitis B virus. The hepatitis B virus infects liver cells. It may take some time but eventually, the body's immune system realizes that the liver is infected and will try to fight it off. What happens to you largely depends on how well your immune system copes with hepatitis B. To find out what can happen to you, click on the names below:

Acute resolving infection

Fulminant hepatitis

Chronic hepatitis B

When you are ready, you can move on to learn about the tests for hepatitis B.