What should I pay attention to when breastfeeding with Hepatitis B?

Hepatitis B is one of the most discriminated diseases in life, because it is highly contagious and can be transmitted between mother and child, and can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse. The main manifestations of hepatitis B are big triple positive and small triple positive. Among them, big triple positive is extremely contagious and harmful. For mothers with big triple positive, what should they pay attention to when breastfeeding?

The breast milk of patients with hepatitis B virus contains hepatitis B virus, which can be transmitted. However, breastfeeding has many benefits, but patients with hepatitis B should pay attention: if the hepatitis B virus replication indicators (such as HBV DNA, etc.) are positive, breastfeeding is not suitable; if there is bleeding and ulcers on the nipples, breastfeeding is also not suitable. The blood or tissue at the ulcer site has been infected with the hepatitis B virus and can easily enter the child's body through the injuries in the mouth. Before breastfeeding, you should disinfect your hands to minimize the chance of infection.

Patients with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) should wash their hands with soap and running water before breastfeeding to reduce the chance of contact transmission. The vast majority of research results show that the possibility of hepatitis C virus existing in the breast milk of mothers with hepatitis C or mothers with positive hepatitis C antibodies is small, and they can breastfeed their babies, but if the nipples are ulcerated and bleeding, breastfeeding should be stopped. It should be pointed out that there is hepatitis virus in the saliva of pregnant women with hepatitis, so pregnant women should not feed their children mouth-to-mouth, and must pay attention to disinfection and isolation.

In order to prevent the baby from being infected with hepatitis B, the mother of the baby with hepatitis B should get the first shot of hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours after the baby is born, the second shot should be given when the baby is one month old, and the third shot should be given when the baby is six months old. Vaccination with hepatitis B vaccine can prevent the spread of hepatitis B!