 [ Symptoms ] once your exposed to hepatitis does the virus stay with you forever or can u be hepatitis free  my sex partner resently mentioned he had been exposed to hepatitis but quickly added i am okay now should i go get tested i have had really bad belly pain my family has mentioned that my skin is looking yellow and pale feeling tired and flu like symptoms please help me i am really scared and worried please help me [ Disease ] i would go get tested i am not sure if hepatitis is a permanent condition or not sorry best of luck