Patient's question:
Living in a dorm with someone who has, what precautions should you take to ensure you don't get infected?Doctor's answer:
After reviewing your question, living in a dorm with someone who has chronic hepatitis B (), generally speaking, individuals with chronic hepatitis B () can be contagious if their liver function changes, with liver function test results rising and HBV-DNA test reports showing positive. The transmission routes include blood, sweat glands, semen, milk, and close contact. This is because individuals with chronic hepatitis B carry the hepatitis B virus in their bodies, and the virus replicates, making it highly contagious. The transmission routes include blood transmission, mother-to-child transmission, sexual transmission, and close contact transmission. Therefore, daily life is generally not likely to be infected. Living together, eating meals, and sharing cups are not ways of infection. Mainly, attention should be paid to avoiding sharing personal items as much as possible.