LuckCong's Health Blog

Data shows that HBV surface antigen (HbSAg)-positive mothers, the milk of HbSAg positive rate of 36%. To ensure the baby is not infected, the medical profession to see the past as long as HbSAg positive mothers not breast-feeding advocates. In recent years, according to experts pointed out that the results of years of research, maternal hepatitis B by taking certain measures to block the hepatitis B virus transmission through breast-feeding, which can also be breast-feeding her baby. Hepatitis B virus carrying the pregnant women should be in the 3 months before a monthly injection of hepatitis B immunoglobulin high price (HbIg200 units) in order to reduce the maternal blood of hepatitis B viral load, reducing neonatal infection of the uterus Rate. In the 24 hours of birth, should be No. 1 needle injection of hepatitis B vaccine, 1 month and 6 months respectively after the injection needle the other two. In this way, although breast milk contains the hepatitis B virus, but the content is extremely low, and newborn immunized in a timely manner, it will not happen of mother-to-child vertical transmission. If the maternal e antigen (HbeAg) positive at the same time, in addition to neonatal hepatitis B vaccine injection, but also injected HbIg, so that the newborn at the same time was active immunization and passive immunity. Some experts also believe that due to the positive HbeAg highly infectious, it is appropriate or not to breastfeed.