Patient's question:
Checked: Anti-HCV positive. The doctor advised me not to have children. I want to ask if I really can't have children?Doctor's answer:
First, it's important to understand the transmission routes of hepatitis C;1. Sexual transmission, which can easily cause transmission by breaking the skin.
2. Blood transmission.
3. Everyday utensils, such as razors, which can easily break the skin and cause transmission.
4. Mother-to-child transmission, which can occur through the placenta or during childbirth.
Advice: In your case, mother-to-child transmission mainly occurs during the perinatal period, with an infection rate as high as 10%. It is recommended that your husband get vaccinated against hepatitis C. Regarding the baby, if you strongly desire to have a child, you should pay attention: within 24 hours after the child is born, administer hepatitis C immunoglobulin, and within 48 hours, administer the hepatitis C vaccine. The earlier these protective measures are taken, the better. The combined use of these two protective measures can provide 70%-95% protection for the child. Additionally, during breastfeeding, it is important to also administer hepatitis C immunoglobulin to the child to prevent infection in case the hepatitis C vaccine does not induce antibodies in the child.