Patient's question:
My child is 4 years old this year. Because his father has chronic hepatitis B (HBsAg positive), when I was pregnant, I held a hope that the child would not be infected through intergenerational transmission. However, after the child was born, it was carefully diagnosed that he is a hepatitis B carrier, and it has now developed into chronic hepatitis B (HBsAg positive). Should we pay attention to a 4-year-old child with chronic hepatitis B?Doctor's answer:
Whether it's children with chronic hepatitis B or adults with chronic hepatitis B, regular liver function tests and hepatitis B virus DNA monitoring are necessary. If multiple episodes of additional liver damage and hepatitis B virus flare-ups occur, the timely use of liver-protective medications and antiviral medications is required. If the patient is in a relatively safer phase, without frequent liver function damage and a relatively low hepatitis B virus copy number, close and careful observation can be chosen at this time.