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Can a person with chronic hepatitis B get married?
To put it simply, yes, a person living with hepatitis B can get married. In fact, a healthy relationship can be a source of love and support for those who may feel alone in their diagnosis. Transmission of hepatitis B can be prevented in your partner; it’s a vaccine preventable disease!
What does inactive carrier of hepatitis B mean?
Inactive hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier state is defined according to European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) by chronic HBV infection evolves at least for 6 months, associated with normal ALT (Alanine aminotransferase), undetectable or very low serum HBV DNA levels below 2000 IU/ml, HBeAg negative.
Is hepatitis B carrier a chronic disease?
For many people, hepatitis B is a short-term illness. For others, it can become a long-term, chronic infection that can lead to serious, even life-threatening health issues like cirrhosis or liver cancer.
Can inactive hepatitis B be spread?
However, having an undetectable viral load doesn’t mean you won’t infected someone during unsafe sex. Even if a man has an undetectable viral load, studies show his semen still contains some HBV and can spread infection, though the risk is lower.
How long can a person live with chronic hepatitis B?
The estimated carrier life expectancy is 71.8 years, as compared to 76.2 years among noncarriers (Figure 5). These results are consistent with other estimates, which indicate that 15\% to 40\% of HBV carriers die of liver complications.
What is chronic hepatitis?
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. In chronic hepatitis, liver inflammation continues for at least six months. This condition may be mild, causing relatively little damage, or more serious, causing many liver cells to be destroyed. Some cases lead to cirrhosis and liver failure.
What it means to be a healthy hepatitis B carrier?
A “healthy” carrier then should be a person who has had HBsAg in serum for at least 6 months, no symptoms of chronic liver disease, normal serum aminotransferase activities and no detectable HBeAg, HBV DNA or DNA polymerase in serum.