Hepatitis B is not trasmitted by which methods?

Answer 1

Hepatitis B is transmitted from infected blood. This may occur through:

- Mother to child through the placenta or breast feeding

- Sex

- Intra-venous drug use (IVDU)

among other methods.

You can avoid catching it by practising safe sex, avoiding IVDU and by getting vaccinated (usually in 3 injections over about 6 - 12 months).

There are 400 million carriers world-wide, 1.25 million in the USA alone (0.42% of the population). So in a room of 250 Americans, one person carries Hep B (statistically speaking).

It Hep B virus causes inflammation of the liver, and liver cirrhosis (liver destruction) and is responsible for 1,000,000 deaths per year world-wide.

It can be treated with anti-viral therapy for selected patients, with varying success.

Hope this helps!

- Qu.mstr