Patient's question:
That's right, I've been living with my grandmother since I was a child, for 22 years now. She raised me from a young age, so we are very close. However, I just found out that she once had a blood transfusion in the 1960s, and I don't know if she might have been infected with viral hepatitis as a result. But she never takes any medication for it, nor does she go to the hospital for treatment. And if someone with viral hepatitis doesn't get treated or take medication, are there any additional symptoms in daily life? My grandmother has never had any special symptoms, and she is 81 years old this year. So I'm just wondering if she might be infected with viral hepatitis, especially since we live very closely together—we eat dinner together, use the same toilet seats, etc. Except for once this year, when I helped her clean up a bleeding wound during the New Year's holiday, and so on.Doctor's answer:
Living with the outer shell is afraid of being infected with the hepatitis B virus, it is recommended to check the five items of hepatitis B. If the five items of hepatitis B are negative, it means you have not been infected. If you live together for a long time and the other person is a hepatitis B patient, there may be a possibility of infection, or it may be that antibodies are produced in the body. It is recommended to check the five items of hepatitis B. If they are all negative, it proves that your body is very healthy and not infected. If the surface antibody is positive and the rest are negative, it proves that there are antibodies. In addition, during the treatment of hepatitis B, in addition to timely treatment, the diet and psychological state of the patient are also particularly important. The patient must have a light diet and maintain a joyful and optimistic attitude at all times to avoid unnecessary impacts on the complete recovery of hepatitis B.