How is hepatitis b contracted?

Answer 1

By body fluids - blood, sexual contact or mother to child.

Prior to the US campaign to immunize all infants about 18,000 cases per year (in the US) were diagnosed in children with no known exposure. It is not known if they were getting it from other kids or other sources.

Answer 2

Yes hepatitis can be spread.

1. it can be spread through blood.

2. It can be spread by mouth, through saliva or through breast feeding

3.It can be spread through sexual activity, through semen or vaginal secretions.
One very common way is via needle sharing in IV drug use.

sexual contact

the sharing of needles

blood contact during an injury

Answer 3

Hepatitis B is a bloodborne pathogen. It is a virus that is transmitted through body fluids, blood, saliva, or any body secretions. It can be transmitted by sexual contact, sharing needles, and occasionally splashes from saliva but this is rare, since the amount of the virus in saliva is very small.

The most common ways is sexually transmitted or through sharing dirty needles.

The good news is that Hepatitis B is preventable, in most cases. The bad news is that it is very contagious and young people often do not protect themselves during sexual intercourse. Now, and for the past several years, we immunize our children through childhood immunizations, and babies are given their first shot before they even leave the nursery! That is how important we feel that it is to immunize the public. The immunization is a 3-shot series given several months apart.

So you can't get it from water fountains or toilets or through casual contact. But if you live with someone who has Hepatitis B, you shouldn't share toothbrushes or razors, because you could possibly contract it if their blood comes in contact with you. And you should always have protected sex. Use a condom in every single case. Remember, it is spread through body fluids. Not in the air.

Answer 4

it's a blood borne illness so it is transmitted by exposure to blood and body fluids

Answer 5

1) by needles

2) through sex

Answer 6

yes