people with chronic liver disease can experience a severe if not life-threatening course of disease when infected with acute hepatitis a or b. and some people who have had a liver transplant are at risk for developing hepatitis b which could lead to dysfunction of the transplanted liver fulminant hepatitis and/or cirrhosis. it is of utmost importance that all people with chronic liver disease receive the immunizations for hepatitis a and b.
i have autoimmune hepatitis. i got the hepatitis b vaccination. will it make a difference or did i waste my time?