Patient's question:
I am a mother-to-be who carries the virus and was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B last year. I was pregnant at the time and have already given my child a high-titer vaccine. Now, I want to ask if I can infect my child with dinner or if saliva can transmit the infection?Doctor's answer:
Whether it's or, as long as it's hepatitis B, the transmission methods are the following four: blood transmission, sexual transmission, mother-to-child transmission, and close contact transmission. For a pregnant woman with hepatitis B like you, if the interruption method is not implemented, the child has a high likelihood of contracting hepatitis B. The interruption method involves administering a high-titer hepatitis B immune globulin once in the sixth, eighth, and ninth months of pregnancy. After the child is born, the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine and the first dose of hepatitis B immune globulin should be administered within 12 hours. Breastfeeding is then possible. At one month of age, the second dose of vaccine and the second dose of immune globulin should be administered, and at six months of age, the third dose of vaccine should be administered. In addition to medication for treating, patients also need to pay attention to nursing care, such as maintaining a light diet and avoiding spicy and irritating foods.