Is Hepatitis B dangerous in pregnancy? What is the risk of transmission? - Dr. Shefali Tyagi of C9 скачать в хорошем качестве

Is Hepatitis B dangerous in pregnancy? What is the risk of transmission? - Dr. Shefali Tyagi of C9

📞 +91 99728 99728 (Online & in-person appointment can be booked online or by call) 📧 [email protected] https://www.cloudninecare.com/city/be... When you go to the doctor to get your blood tests done when you are pregnant, that includes a number of tests including your serology that includes Hepatitis B, C, HIV, VDRL infections. These tests are important. Why they are impart is that you can transmit to your baby if you don’t take precautions. If you have tested positive for Hepatitis B is to check for your husband’s status that whether he is positive or he is negative, if he is negative he can get immunised. We have vaccinations against Hepatitis B which can protect him from having the disease and as far as your pregnancy is concerned, it becomes a high risk pregnancy because one thing we have to take are is your immunity and your antibody status. Second thing is we also have to protect the baby from Hepatitis because this can be passed on from the mother to the baby. So you will put in contact with the gastroenterologist who will monitor your antibody levels and see what are the infective status plus regular monitoring of these antibodies will tell us how much risky it is to continue with this pregnancy or how much risky it is when you advance in your pregnancy. When the baby is supposed to be born or about to be born the paediatricians are kept informed about your Hepatitis B positive status plus the antibody status so that they know about how much is the infectivity to the baby. The baby is given a Hepatitis B vaccination soon after birth which is applicable for all babies but in your case another immunoglobulin will be given to the baby which will block the transmissions of the Hepatitis going from the baby to you . So the chances that the baby will not have Hepatitis B will be very high. So the immunoglobulin is important and you need to keep your doctor informed about your Hepatitis B positive status. For the medical staff also it is important that they have all the universal precautions in place so that the transmission of the disease is not picked up by the nurses or the doctors who are taking care of you and it becomes safe for them as well. If you don’t do these precautions, the chances of transmission is around 40% that your baby will turn to be Hepatitis B positive. So you have to take this seriously and be in touch with your doctor regularly.