Is the hepatitis B virus transmitted through living contact?

Patient's question:

Liver function is normal, the main concern is whether there is transmission of infection in daily life? Now the main concern is the child, the baby is 1.5 years old, the check showed no antibodies, and another dose has been administered now. Hello, will daily contact such as sharing utensils for dinner or skin contact transmit to him?

Doctor's answer:

Hello! You are a hepatitis B carrier, and now your baby is 1.5 years old, with no antibodies. You will never transmit the virus to your baby in daily life. There are three ways hepatitis B spreads: blood transmission, sexual transmission, and mother-to-child horizontal transmission. If you didn’t transmit the virus to your baby during childbirth, you are lucky.
Now that your baby has no antibodies, just one shot is not enough. You need to anesthetize your baby three times, with one shot one month after the second anesthetic and another one three months after.
Although daily life will never lead to infection, as a homemaker, you may inevitably have injuries like cuts on your fingers. If your baby has any broken skin and gets exposed to your blood, it’s uncertain whether it will transmit the virus.

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