What are the misconceptions about hepatitis B?

Having hepatitis B is not scary, the key is to get the right treatment or guidance at a regular hospital. Do not seek medical help when you are sick, otherwise it will be life-threatening. Common misconceptions about hepatitis B patients include: 1. Patients cannot be contacted by others Correction: Hepatitis B surface antigen carriers can go to school and work normally, and live like normal people. As long as hepatitis B patients in daily life, toothbrushes, razors and other supplies and others separate, hepatitis B women pay attention to menstrual hygiene, you will not infect hepatitis B to others. 2, hepatitis B “big three yang” disease heavy, “small three yang” disease light Correct: hepatitis B virus carrier, liver function is normal, can be “big three yang”, can also be “Chronic hepatitis B or chronic severe hepatitis can also be “major triple-positive” or “minor triple-positive”. Therefore, “major and minor triple-positive” does not reflect the severity of the disease. 3, hepatitis B virus DNA (HBVDNA) quantitative high, it is necessary to carry out treatment or antiviral therapy, not to treat the virus will be more and more Correct: for hepatitis B virus carriers, because the body’s immune system is in a state of immune tolerance, there is no immune clearance in the liver, at this time, HBVDNA content may be very high, and heavy hepatitis, immune function to improve, there is a strong role in the removal of virus, HBVDNA content is very low. HBVDNA level is instead very low, therefore, treatment or not, not simply depends on the level of HBVDNA. The half-life of HBV in plasma is about 24 hours and the daily conversion rate is 50%, that is, without treatment, the HBVDNA content will not increase indefinitely. 4. Hepatitis B “major triple-positive” must be treated with antiviral therapy, otherwise it will take the so-called dangerous “trilogy”, that is, hepatitis – cirrhosis – liver cancer Correction: liver cancer is not the sure way for hepatitis B patients Hepatitis B and liver cancer are closely related. Hepatitis B is closely related to liver cancer, and most of the liver cancers have suffered from hepatitis B or cirrhosis, but not every hepatitis patient suffers from liver cancer. 5.Adults do not need to be vaccinated Correct: The answer is no. All susceptible hepatitis B patients who are at high risk of HBV infection should be vaccinated against hepatitis B. Mainly include: newborns, infants and preschoolers, medical personnel, close contacts of hepatitis B patients and HBsAg carriers, sexual partners and spouses, newly recruited military personnel, childcare workers, athletes, etc. 6, more liver medicine is better Correct: chronic hepatitis B patients often eat a lot of so-called “liver medicine”, liver health products beyond the range recommended by doctors, in fact, it is not necessarily beneficial to the liver. Because the amount of medicine is too large, too many varieties or too long a course of treatment, only to aggravate the metabolism of the liver, will induce danger.