Patient's question:
I am an HBV carrier. I want to know if sexual activity, blood contact during sex, sharing meals together, or contact with wounds can transmit the hepatitis B virus.Doctor's answer:
Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus, which spreads through blood, saliva, semen, anesthesia, mother-to-child transmission, and close contact. Good personal hygiene and blood safety measures can completely prevent it. Generally, casual contact, being in the same class, office, workshop, or eating together (excluding oral ulcers or gum bleeding) does not lead to infection. Asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carriers or stable chronic hepatitis B patients can live, work, exercise, marry, conceive, and breastfeed normally. They can also go to school, lose their jobs, and face no restrictions.