‘I was just 8 when I found out I had hepatitis B – I assumed I was going to die young’

Supa was diagnosed with the chronic condition at only eight years old (Picture: Supa Chantschool)

Schoolboy Supa Chantschool was looking forward to his summer holiday travelling with his family to Thailand and Europe. But when his parents took him for his travel vaccinations, everything changed.

Instead of just the one appointment, it turned into another trip to the GP and then another, until Supa eventually ended up in hospital.

Being eight at the time, he knew something wasn’t right – but the little boy had no clue how serious things were.

‘When you’re eight years old, and your parents are taking you to different places, you don’t really question anything. You go to a GP surgery for the lollipop and the sticker at the end of it,’ he remembers.

However, Supa, from Read Entire Article