Is it normal to have diarrhea with hepatitis B?

Hepatitis B diarrhea is abnormal and needs to be treated promptly. Diarrhea and hepatitis B itself is related to the specific type of disease and the stage of the disease, acute hepatitis B diarrhea is not common, chronic hepatitis B diarrhea is more common, but still need to pay attention to, symptomatic treatment. 1. Acute hepatitis B: common clinical symptoms are nausea, anorexia, chills, fever, and abdominal discomfort, as well as sclera and skin yellow staining, pressure pain, and pain on percussion, etc., which may cause diarrhea, but it is not common. If diarrhea is not normal and mostly unrelated to hepatitis B itself, the diarrhea itself needs to be treated. 2. Chronic hepatitis B: may cause diarrhea. Chronic hepatitis B can cause liver function abnormalities, leading to a decrease in the production of bile, resulting in a decrease in the ability to break down fats, causing diarrhea; chronic hepatitis B can also cause indigestion, resulting in an increase in intestinal contents, resulting in increased intestinal peristalsis, which can also cause diarrhea. In addition to the treatment of chronic hepatitis B itself, this situation can also take drugs to promote digestion, such as mosapride, compound digestive enzymes, and consider the infection factors causing diarrhea can take antibiotics such as levofloxacin. Especially after the complication of cirrhosis and ascites, diarrhea is very common and needs to be treated in time to avoid inducing peritonitis or even hepatic encephalopathy. 3. Hepatitis B virus carriers: generally do not cause diarrhea, and will not cause clinical symptoms related to hepatitis B. In addition, hepatitis B has a certain degree of harm, it is recommended that patients need to be diagnosed early, early treatment, diarrhea needs to be taken seriously, timely treatment, to avoid adverse consequences.