Patient's question:
I am 38 years old. Recently, I feel that my liver is very tired. I haven't had a good appetite, and at night, I always feel a stomachache. I went to the nearby hospital for a check-up and was told it was liver disease. They asked me to get an injection. I would like to ask, are children born with hepatitis B healthy?Doctor's answer:
The hepatitis B virus is infectious but not hereditary. The hepatitis B virus can be directly transmitted from mother to child through the mother-child route, but it will never be directly transmitted from father to child. If a man is infected with the hepatitis B virus and the woman is healthy, the child born will not be infected with the hepatitis B virus. However, after the child is born, it is essential to follow medical advice and receive the hepatitis B vaccine on schedule for prevention to avoid being infected later in life.