Chronic hepatitis B if not treated properly can result in a number of complications, predominant being, fibrosis, liver failure, cirrhosis, acites (fluid in abdomen), liver cancer, portal hypertension, kidney involvement, porphyria, hepatic encephalopathy (brain involvement), and an increase in
viral co-
infection with HIV, Hepatitis C, D, E. The list of complications is daunting and scary. However it takes decades for these symptoms to develop.