CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Is viral hepatitis contagious? How to prevent the infectious disease viral hepatitis?

1. Is viral hepatitis contagious? How to prevent the infectious disease viral hepatitis?

It is contagious. If you want to prevent infection with viral hepatitis, you still need to do the following: (1) Patients should not sleep in the same bed with healthy people. The patient's quilts, bedding, and clothing should be separated from those of healthy people and disinfected. (2) The patient's eating utensils, mouthwash utensils, water bowls, washbasins, towels, bedpans, etc. should also be separated from those of healthy people. Patients should eat alone and should not give leftover food to others. Also, do not give other people food or things that can be eaten directly, such as cigarettes. (3) The patient's books, newspapers, periodicals, items, toys, etc. should not be lent to others for circulation or playing. They must be disinfected before being lent to others.

2. Can viral hepatitis kill people?

Viral hepatitis will not kill people if it is treated in time. Severe viral hepatitis if not treated in time can lead to cirrhosis and ascites, which can also lead to death. Hepatitis is clinically manifested by loss of appetite, nausea, upper abdominal discomfort, pain in the liver area, fatigue, etc. Once viral hepatitis is diagnosed, it can be cured with timely treatment with antiviral and liver-protecting drugs.

3. How is viral hepatitis transmitted?

There are many ways of transmission of viral hepatitis. The first is oral transmission, through eating food infected with the virus; the second is mother-to-child transmission; the third is blood transmission. If you are infected with viral hepatitis, you need to go to the hospital in time for liver function tests and blood tests to confirm the severity of the current condition. Timely treatment can control the condition.

4. Can viral hepatitis be cured?

If it is hepatitis A, it can generally be cured. If it is hepatitis B, it usually cannot be completely cured. It is difficult to completely eliminate the hepatitis B virus from the body. Treatment should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor according to the situation. During this period, do not eat spicy, greasy and irritating foods, do not stay up late and overwork, and the taste of the diet should be lighter.

5. What are the symptoms of viral hepatitis?

Viral hepatitis is generally divided into chronic hepatitis, acute hepatitis and severe hepatitis. It may usually manifest clinically as jaundice. In the early stage of jaundice, it may also cause symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, aversion to oil, fatigue, fever, chills, loss of appetite, abdominal discomfort, etc. When it reaches the jaundice stage, yellowing of the skin and sclera will appear.

6. Can patients with chronic hepatitis B virus drink ginger soup?

Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus can drink ginger soup. Ginger soup is usually used to drive away the cold and warm the body, and it is also a common method to prevent and treat colds. However, it is not suitable for patients with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire or patients with red eyes and internal heat to drink it for a long time. If the hepatitis B virus carrier does not have the above symptoms, taking ginger soup will have no effect on the body, and it is okay to take ginger soup, but it is not recommended to take ginger soup for a long time, so as not to induce some miscellaneous diseases.

7. For chronic hepatitis B, is it good to take Chinese medicine to fight the virus?

As long as the liver function is normal for chronic hepatitis B, you do not need to take medicine for the time being, and check the liver function regularly. If the liver function is abnormal, antiviral drugs should be used to prevent it. However, once you have hepatitis B, the virus is carried in the body for life. The effect of taking Chinese medicine is slower, but it also has a certain effect. It is recommended that hepatitis B carriers avoid smoking and drinking, develop good work and rest habits, and eat less spicy and greasy food!

8. Can hepatitis B virus carriers be contagious?

The transmission of hepatitis B can generally be divided into mother-to-child transmission, blood transmission and body fluid transmission. Mother-to-child transmission is the most important route. Blood transmission refers to blood transfusion or injection of needles that are sensitive to the virus. Body fluid transmission refers to sexual contact, which is the main route of infection for adults. Hepatitis B virus is generally not transmitted through food, except for highly contagious patients, and the person concerned has skin and mucous membranes, and oral mucosal ruptures lead to virus invasion. But the chance of infection is very small, so don't worry.

9. What are the effects on viral hepatitis patients giving birth?

In China, viral hepatitis is divided into five types: A, B, C, D, and E. The most common is hepatitis B, which is what we call big three positive and small three positive (carriers). If a mother has any type of viral hepatitis HAV (types A to E), it will be passed on to the child. Among them, HEV and HCV are transmitted through blood or vertical transmission from mother to child, while the main transmission mode of type B virus is vertical transmission from mother to child, and simple contact does not spread. Other types are mostly transmitted through blood, medical devices, and daily contact, and only type B is not transmitted through simple contact.

At present, in my country, the first shot of hepatitis B vaccine is given to infants within two hours of birth to prevent viral hepatitis. It can effectively prevent viral infection, but the success rate of vaccination is not 100%. A small number of infants do not produce antibodies after vaccination and need to be re-vaccinated later.

If the mother has viral hepatitis, it will definitely be passed on to the child. If the father has viral hepatitis, it will not be passed on to the child, unless the mother does not have antibodies, in which case the child may get hepatitis.

Except for chronic hepatitis B (carriers) who are no different from ordinary people and have elevated transaminase levels, people with other types of viral hepatitis may be restricted from working in food operations or jobs that involve direct contact with food. It basically does not affect employment in other industries.

10. What Chinese herbal medicine is good for viral hepatitis?

Viral hepatitis can be treated with Chinese herbal medicines that clear away heat and detoxify. Viral hepatitis is an infectious disease mainly caused by various hepatitis viruses with liver lesions as the main cause. The currently recognized etiological classification of hepatitis viruses can be divided into hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viruses. Except for hepatitis B virus, which is DNA, the rest are RNA viruses.