Patient's question:
I have been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B for nine years. My liver function and the two pairs of tests (HBsAg, anti-HBs, HBeAg, anti-HBe, anti-HBc) are normal, but they have never turned negative. I worry about mother-to-child transmission if I get married and have children, and I have always been afraid to get married.Doctor's answer:
Hello! Young, with chronic hepatitis B (), if liver function is normal and there is no contraliver cirrhosis, no treatment is needed. Because young patients are often in the immune tolerance phase, they only need periodic liver function tests. Treatment should be initiated when transaminase levels rise or liver fibrosis progresses to cirrhosis. During pregnancy, liver function tests should be monitored, and DNA should be tested at 6 months of gestation. If there is a large amount of viral replication, antiviral treatment should be started until 1 month postpartum.