Hepatitis B (HBV) is 50 to 100 times easier to transmit sexually than HIV ( the virus that causes AIDS). HBV has been found in vaginal secretions, saliva, and semen.
Oral sex
and especially anal sex, whether it occurs in a heterosexual or homosexual context, are possible ways of transmitting the virus.
Can a hepatitis A patient get married?
Hepatitis B can be easily passed from a pregnant woman with hepatitis B to her baby at birth
. This can happen during a vaginal delivery or a c-section. If you have hepatitis B, health care providers can give your baby a set of shots at birth to prevent your baby from getting infected.
Can a hepatitis patient get married?
To put it simply, yes,
a person living with hepatitis B can get married
. In fact, a healthy relationship can be a source of love and support for those who may feel alone in their diagnosis. Transmission of hepatitis B can be prevented in your partner; it's a vaccine preventable disease!
Can hepatitis B patient have child?
Hepatitis B can be easily passed from a pregnant woman with hepatitis B to her baby at birth
. This can happen during a vaginal delivery or a c-section. If you have hepatitis B, health care providers can give your baby a set of shots at birth to prevent your baby from getting infected.
How can I protect my partner from hepatitis B?
If your partner has HBV, you should get tested and consider vaccination. Sex is a common way to pass HBV from one person to another. Do not have unprotected sex until you know your status.
Use a condom or other latex barrier protection
.
Can I have a baby if my husband has hepatitis B?
The transmission of HBV infection to children from their carrier fathers could be either
horizontal through intimate postnatal contact
, or vertical via the male germ line. The latter is considered an intrauterine infection. However, whether this really exists in humans remains to be determined.
Can hepatitis B go away completely?
Most adults with hepatitis B recover fully
, even if their signs and symptoms are severe. Infants and children are more likely to develop a chronic (long-lasting) hepatitis B infection. A vaccine can prevent hepatitis B, but there's no cure if you have the condition.
How long will hepatitis B patient live?
A “silent disease.” It can live in your body for
50+ years before
you have symptoms. Responsible for 80 percent of all liver cancer in the world.
Can I breastfeed if I have hepatitis B?
Is it safe for a mother infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) to breastfeed her infant?
Yes
. All infants born to HBV-infected mothers should receive hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) and the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hours of birth.
Does sperm contain hepatitis B virus?
Viral load:
Semen, vaginal fluids and blood all contain the hepatitis B virus
(HBV), and the higher the viral load, the more infectious one's blood and body fluids are. However, having an undetectable viral load doesn't mean you won't infected someone during unsafe sex.
Which hepatitis is not curable?
Hepatitis B
is a liver infection caused by a virus (called the hepatitis B virus, or HBV). It can be serious and there's no cure, but the good news is it's easy to prevent.
Is hepatitis B a venereal disease?
No.
Hepatitis B is a sexually transmitted disease
, but it is spread in other ways, too. This is a hardy virus that can exist on almost any surface for up to one month. You can get infected through contact with an infected person's blood or body fluids.
Can hepatitis B positive change negative?
Your test results may not mean you have a problem. Ask your healthcare provider what your test results mean for you.
Normal results are negative or nonreactive
, meaning that no hepatitis B surface antigen was found. If your test is positive or reactive, it may mean you are actively infected with HBV.
What happens if you test positive for hepatitis B?
A positive anti-HBs (or HBsAb) test result means you are
“immune” and protected against the hepatitis B virus and cannot be infected
. You are not infected and cannot spread hepatitis B to others.
How long can hepatitis B patient live without treatment?
The estimated carrier life expectancy is
71.8 years
, as compared to 76.2 years among noncarriers (Figure 5). These results are consistent with other estimates, which indicate that 15% to 40% of HBV carriers die of liver complications.
Why hepatitis B is not curable?
Chronic hepatitis B hasn't been cured so far in part
because current therapies have failed to destroy the viral reservoir, where the virus hides in the cell
. This is in contrast to hepatitis C virus, which has no such viral reservoir and can now be cured with as little as 12 weeks of treatment.
