Hepatitis B prevention and treatment is a matter that needs to be treated carefully, and many people and patients have misconceptions about the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B. Recognizing the characteristics of hepatitis B and the principles of hepatitis B treatment can achieve the purpose of effective prevention and treatment of hepatitis B. Although many people have heard about the dreadfulness of hepatitis B for a long time, there is not enough real knowledge about it. Even for hepatitis B patients, there are many misconceptions about the treatment of hepatitis B. As a result, it is easy to fall into misconceptions in the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B and to have the disease recur. Experts remind that the general public should have a correct and clear understanding of hepatitis B to help them prevent it, while for hepatitis B patients, correcting existing misconceptions can help promote the cure of hepatitis B. So, what misconceptions do people have about hepatitis B prevention and treatment? Myth #1: Don’t have daily contact with hepatitis B patients In the face of hepatitis B patients, many people will choose to “run away”, causing some psychological pressure on hepatitis B patients. In fact, the transmission of hepatitis B is mainly through blood transmission, mother-to-child transmission, sexual transmission and medical transmission. In daily life, hugging, kissing, eating together and working together generally do not cause the spread of hepatitis B. Moreover, the population receiving hepatitis B vaccination is gradually expanding, and most people have hepatitis B antibodies in their bodies, which can effectively avoid transmission. However, it should be noted that contact with hepatitis B patients should avoid skin and mucous membrane breakage. Myth 2: Hepatitis B women can not have babies It is reported that the main way of hepatitis B transmission is mother-to-child transmission, and China’s hepatitis B virus carriers, for which women of childbearing age, is not certain to give birth to hepatitis B babies is a matter of concern to many people. And experts say that this possibility is not a certainty. There are two ways to infect a newborn with hepatitis B. One is intrauterine infection via the placenta, which is relatively unlikely, and the other is infection caused during childbirth. Therefore, the mother-to-be should strengthen the protection of her newborn during delivery, and should be given hepatitis B immunoglobulin and hepatitis B vaccine immediately after birth to reduce her risk of contracting the hepatitis B virus. For mothers with chronic hepatitis B, they should wait until antiviral treatment gets good results before proceeding with the pregnancy and parenting plan; while mothers with hepatitis B virus can get pregnant at any time, but they should strengthen the follow-up. Myth 3: Adults do not need to be vaccinated Although the main way of hepatitis B transmission is currently mother-to-child transmission, it does not mean that adults do not need to be immunized with the vaccine. Experts say that all susceptible hepatitis B patients who are at high risk of HBV infection should be vaccinated against hepatitis B. Here, in addition to newborns, this includes infants, preschoolers, medical workers, close contacts of hepatitis B patients and HBsAg carriers, sexual partners and spouses, new military recruits, caregivers, athletes, etc. Vaccination has become the main way to prevent hepatitis B. Myth 4: Blindly avoiding food after being diagnosed Although hepatitis B patients need to eat carefully, it does not mean blindly avoiding food. The result of blindly avoiding food is to lead to a balanced nutrition, resulting in a decrease in resistance, which is not conducive to the improvement of the disease. Although hepatitis B patients should not supplement some high-fat and high-oil diet, but also need to follow the principle of balanced nutrition, appropriate intake of some fruits, vegetables and fish and other meat food. The liver can be weakened by the metabolism of a large number of drugs, which may further damage the liver, so it is necessary to follow the doctor’s prescription and avoid choosing some liver health products. The doctor stressed that the most fundamental cause of chronic hepatitis B patients is the hepatitis B virus, so “antiviral” is the most critical part of the treatment of hepatitis B. Although superficially lowering enzymes and protecting the liver can achieve good results within a certain period of time, the presence of the virus can break these results at any time, so hepatitis B patients need to actively engage in antiviral therapy. The actual fact is that you can find out that you have no obvious symptoms or feel that your condition has slowed down and you are neglecting regular reviews, which is a misconception that many patients tend to get into. Although hepatitis B virus carriers are less likely to have outbreaks, it does not mean that it is steadily inactive in the human body. Therefore, hepatitis B virus carriers need to maintain the habit of having their liver function, hepatitis B five items, viral load checked regularly every 3-6 months, and ultrasound and fetoprotein rechecked every six months or so. During the period of abnormal liver function, the patient should be rechecked monthly, and after the liver function is stable, the patient can be rechecked every three months. Myth 8: Hepatitis B patients do not have the ability to heal themselves This statement is not very accurate and depends on the age of the patient. For most adults, the hepatitis B virus can be cleared by their own immune function after infection and rarely becomes chronic. For younger patients, this is more likely. Experts say that the younger the person is infected with the hepatitis B virus, the more likely they are to become chronically infected, and that this rate of conversion tends to decrease with age.