Not everyone who has hepatitis B will develop symptoms; and some people experience only very mild symptoms. Someone can look and feel healthy but still have the disease and infect others with it. When hepatitis B symptoms do occur, they appear 30 to 180 days from the time a person is infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Some specific symptoms of hepatitis B include fatigue, joint pain, muscle pain, and a sore throat. When a person with hepatitis B develops liver failure, he or she can also develop insulin resistance, gallstones, and high blood pressure within the liver, among other symptoms.