Patient's question:
I am an HBV carrier. My wife is currently pregnant. How can I prevent the child from getting infected?Doctor's answer:
After a child is born, vaccination with the hepatitis B vaccine within twenty-four hours can prevent infection. In cases of hepatitis B, it is essential to receive proper treatment to avoid prolonged healing, which may lead to further progression of the disease or infection of the child. The liver is difficult to heal on its own because the vast majority of hepatitis B patients have immune tolerance and do not produce an automatic immune response to the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This results in hepatitis B becoming chronic, and general medications are often ineffective in curing it. Therefore, adopting the correct treatment method to compel the body's immune system to produce an automatic immune response to the hepatitis B virus is the key to rapid recovery from hepatitis B.