Patient's question:
A colleague said that his father suffers from hepatitis, but he himself does not have hepatitis. Now, his colleague is about to get married, but his girlfriend is worried that the hepatitis will be inherited across generations. She fears that their future children might inherit hepatitis through generations if they get married. Now, her colleague is very anxious, but we are not experts and cannot help.Doctor's answer:
The sources of hepatitis B transmission are diverse, including acute and chronic patients, as well as asymptomatic carriers and virus carriers, with chronic patients and virus carriers being the most important. The infectious period of hepatitis B patients begins several weeks before the onset of symptoms and continues throughout the entire acute phase. Hepatitis B virus is mainly excreted from the body through blood and other body fluids, and enters susceptible individuals through anesthetic or non-anesthetic routes. Anesthetic routes include surgery, blood products, mass preventive vaccinations, drug anesthesia, and acupuncture, among others. In addition to timely treatment for hepatitis, patient friends should always maintain a positive attitude to face the disease, only in this way can patients receive timely and appropriate treatment.