Question
How to prevent children from contracting hepatitis B?
Answer
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection leads to a disease in the infected organism. The hepatitis B virus is a hepatotropic virus that primarily exists within liver cells and damages them, causing liver cell inflammation, necrosis, and fibrosis. Hepatitis B can be classified into acute and chronic forms. Acute hepatitis B can be self-healed in 90% of adults, while chronic hepatitis B manifests differently, including chronic carriers of HBV, chronic active hepatitis, and maximizing the long-term reduction of HBV. This helps to alleviate liver cell inflammation and necrosis, reduce liver fibrosis, delay and decrease the occurrence of liver failure, cirrhosis, HCC, and their complications, thereby improving quality of life and extending survival time. Infection can be prevented by injecting hepatitis B globulin.