Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has recently revealed that he is surviving on 25 per cent of his liver today having lost the rest 75 percent to the deadly Hepatitis B virus.
Bachchan who is also an UNICEF ambassador for Hepatitis B, said, “Hepatitis B came to me accidentally. After my accident on the sets of Coolie, I was infused with the blood of about 200 donors and 60 bottles of blood were injected into my system. One of my blood donors was carrying Hepatitis B virus which went into my system. I continued to function normally till year 2000 and almost 18 years after the accident, during a very normal medical check-up, I was told that my liver was infected and I had lost 75 per cent of my liver,” Indian media reported.
“So, if I am standing here today, you are looking at a person who is surviving with 25 per cent of liver. That is the bad part. The good part is you can survive even with 12%. But no one wants to get to that stage,” Big B added on the Hepatitis B media awareness campaign.
Bachchan also reassured his fans that thanks to timely detection, the disease is now in remission and monitored regularly.
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