LuckCong's Health Blog

Q: I soon found that pregnancy had hepatitis B, although the treatment had a positive, indicators of liver function returned to normal, but I am still very worried about the upcoming birth of the baby, I will not be infected? In particular after the birth of a child I can not personally give him (her) breast-feeding? A: Hepatitis B is an adult, especially for extremely hazardous to the health of the mother of a disease. Without treatment, but also into a protracted or become chronic cirrhosis, liver cancer and may even trigger. More dangerous, by the hepatitis B virus infection in people is not everyone immediately disease, most of them are usually only carriers of the virus, he did not feel there will not go to the hospital to check, Not appropriate isolation and treatment. The 1991 survey shows that China's HBsAg carriers as much as 10%, to bring such a high rate, because half of its inter-and mother-to-child transmission-related. HBsAg-positive pregnant women giving birth babies, maternal blood from a large number of HIV infections, and maternal secretions and close contact, 85% to 90% in a few months after the birth of the infected, most of them will become a chronic infection and the development of The risk of cirrhosis. HBsAg-positive mothers of newborns, 95% of its stomach contents found in HBsAg. Thus, HBsAg-positive mothers not to breast-feeding a baby.