Patient's question:
I was diagnosed with hepatitis B () in February this year! My liver function is normal, so can I have a normal marital life with my wife?Doctor's answer:
Your condition is chronic hepatitis B with a high viral load, which indicates that the hepatitis B virus is very active. However, since your liver function is normal, you are a hepatitis B carrier and do not require treatment. The modes of transmission for the hepatitis B virus include: mother-to-child transmission, blood transmission, sexual transmission, and close contact transmission.It is recommended that your girlfriend get tested for the five hepatitis B markers to check for the presence of hepatitis B surface antibodies. If her hepatitis B surface antibodies are positive and the other four markers are negative, this antibody can protect her from infection by the hepatitis B virus, allowing her to engage in normal sexual activity with you.