Patient's question:
The daughter of my aunt has hepatitis B, and it seems like she is a carrier. However, it appears that they don't pay much attention to this aspect. Moreover, it was said that they just thought about getting engaged a couple of days ago, and they are going to get married in a short while. This girl often comes to our house to play, and she has a very good relationship with my sister. I'm really worried about getting infected.Doctor's answer:
Hepatitis B virus carriers are divided into two categories: chronic hepatitis B virus carriers and inactive hepatitis B surface antigen carriers, representing two phases of payment, with different levels of transmissibility among carriers in each phase. Sexually hepatitis B virus carriers have a stronger transmissibility, representing hepatitis B virus carriers before the complete elimination period of the virus. In this group, the immune system cannot completely clear the virus, leading to a state of coexistence with the virus. If the damage to liver cells is mild and liver function is normal, with no significant changes observed in liver biopsy tissue, it indicates that the hepatitis B virus copies in the body of these individuals are highly active, making them highly infectious.