My wife is suffering from chronic hepatitis B and is diabetic . She is under treatment and is controlling her sugar and weight. She is very conscious about her health. She is only 30. I would be shattered if the disease could kill her. Can she live a long life with these problems? Answered by Dr Rajiv Kovil renowned diabetologist Hi Her future prognosis depends on whether she is just a carrier or infected with hepatitis B. If she is infected there are chances of her developing liver cirrhosis. Hepatitis B does increases her chances of suffering from this disease many fold.