<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.Please Docter, i tested positive to Hepatitis B a year ago but i am not sick in any way. I left for school last year and it was the school s requirement that i present a medical report about myself and this report was to be conducted by the school itself. After their test i was not given any feedback on my health until last two month tha the school s Docter told us in an open forum that some of us had Hepatitis B but that we can not transmit it to anyone. My question is how did i then get infected, What are my chances,what is the way forward and lastly how dangeriouse is tis to my health. Am 28years old with a pregnant wife who is negative. Am also a male. I have not had any treatement  <response>: Hell. Welcome to Chat Doctor forum. HEPATITIS -B is a series and devastating health issue in INDIA. There are 45 million cases in INDIA and are ranked after china. Chronic HBV infection - 4 of population. It is a serious issue in sense of economics, infectivity,cirrhosis and cancer.34 of HBV in India is through mother baby transmission. Natural history of HEP-b depends upon the host immune response. Vigorous immune response results in acute hepatitisALT more than 400 and it results in either death or in 95 cases recovery.5 cases become carrier, cirrhotics,cancer etc. Get yourself investigated for Lots, ultrasound abdomen and HBV- DNA. If ALT raised then get a liver fibrosis or biopsy done. Treatment available is in form of viral suppressive like ENDEAVOR, TENOFOVVIR AND TELMIVUDINE and IMMUNOMODULATORS like PEG- IFN. BE in touch with your Gastroenterologist for the guidance and treatment. Thanks and good luck. 