There is a big question raised when thinking about hepatitis B: can infants risk to loose their immunoprophylaxis if breast feed by mothers that carry the hepatitis B virus? This is one of the most often asked question when new mothers with hepatitis B have children.
Well the answer is no. There is no risk for a mother with hepatitis B to breast feed his child. The infant will not suffer from any negative influences when the response of the anti hepatitis B is concerned. Many tests have been made concerning mothers that have hepatitis B virus and have to breast feed their new- born.
All the results have shown that there us no big difference when immunoprophylaxis failure is concerned in children that have been breast feed by their mothers which carry the hepatitis B virus and the babies that were feed by bottle. Another question asked was whether there was a bigger risk of transmitting hepatitis B to the infant if brestfeed by the mother that carry the hepatitis B virus. The answer was given after some studies made by doctors. If the infant is vaccinated against hepatitis B and taking into consideration hepatitis B globulin, the infant that is breast feed by his hepatitis B carrying mother is not at more risk of getting hepatitis B from her.
There is also the problem of infection with hepatitis B virus of the fetus. The answer is very simple. Even if the mother has the hepatitis B virus, the infection with hepatitis in the uterus may be stopped by injections . This method does not have any side- effects and can protect the fetus from hepatitis B virus.
Another matter that we must take into consideration when talking about hepatitis B is the vaccine. The question is can pregnant women get vaccinated against hepatitis B? And the answer is very satisfying, yes they can. This liver problem, hepatitis B in pregnancies can not be associated with an increased rate of abortion or congenital malformation. However, there is a matter to take into consideration if pregnant and having hepatitis B virus. If this hepatitis virus is aquired in your last trimester, your child might be born early. Another problem is that more than half of the women that contact hepatitis B virus in their last days of pregnancy are more than likely to transmit the hepatitis virus to their children.
For more resources about causes of hepatitis c please review http://www.hepatitis-guide.com/hepatitis-c-treatment.htm or even http://www.hepatitis-guide.com/hepatitis-c-information.htm
Shannon
I have had the Hepatitis B Series of vaccinations twice - once in 1998 and again in 2006. Each time I was sure to go by the posted quidelines of when all 3 shots should be administered - however twice the blood work has came back that i was not immunte. Once in 2006 - hence the second series and again last week. I will be working in public health and will likely get a third series of vaccinations - but was curious if anyone knew why this may be happening.
Julie
Of all hepatitis types, hepatitis C is at the top of the list when liver damage is concerned. We can safely say that the hepatitis C virus is the most important cause of liver problems in many countries. If the acute hepatitis case caused by the hepatitis C virus lays somewhere between ten and fifteen percent, the chronic hepatitis caused by this virus is somewhere at seventy percent of all hepatitis cases caused by this virus.
Hepatitis C, especially chronic hepatitis is a very serious condition that can even lead to death. Liver damage, cancer and liver failure are some of the things that can result if you have chronic hepatitis. The number of people that die from hepatitis C is astonishing. Unlike the other hepatitis types, hepatitis C is known for causing chronic liver problems that may even last a lifetime. Almost eighty percent of the people that have hepatitis C will actually develop a chronic infection of their liver.
People that suffer from hepatitis C can have very different courses of their disease. There are many hepatitis C patients that have no signs of hepatitis and their blood test results come out fine, despite the fact that they actually are infected with the hepatitis C virus. If the doctor uses a biopsy to determine how much damage to the liver the hepatitis virus has done, the results are amazing. There is a mild injury and the overall prognosis is good. These people are the fortunate ones when it comes to hepatitis C. On the other hand, there are the hepatitis C patients who have severe symptoms and their liver is in a bad condition. These people have high levels of the hepatitis C virus in the serum, their other hepatitis testes come out very bad. These hepatitis patients will ultimately suffer from cirrhosis and suffer from liver cancer. There is also the case of the hepatitis patients that have a few signs or symptoms of the infection with the hepatitis C virus. Their test to detect the hepatitis virus are inconclusive and the prognosis is very uncertain.
Chronic hepatitis C is a disease that can lead to chirrosis, cancer and even liver failure. The number of people that suffer from chronic hepatitis C and will develop cirrhosis is about twenty percent of all the hepatitis C patients. However, this is a long process, that lasts about ten years at least.
If you want to find out more resources about hepatitis c treatment or even about causes of hepatitis c you should visit this website http://www.hepatitis-guide.com
Kathy
My Gram has it and we don’t know much information about it. Wikipedia isn’t being helpful this time. Anyone know what this Hepatitis of the liver all about?
Edits: She was diagnosed by a doctor and is on medications and has check ups and stuff, so she’s all set there. But she won’t talk about it. So my family and I want to learn as much as we can about it, to help her out and to make sure she’s okay.
Andrew
