Hepatitis B Prevention Tips
Several vaccines have been developed by Maurice Hilleman for the prevention of hepatitis B virus infection. These rely on the use of one of the viral envelope proteins (hepatitis B surface antigen or HBsAg). The vaccine was originally prepared from plasma obtained from patients who had long-standing hepatitis B virus infection. However, currently, it is made using a synthetic recombinant DNA technology that does not contain blood products. You cannot catch hepatitis B from this vaccine.
Following vaccination, hepatitis B surface antigen may be detected in serum for several days; this is known as vaccine antigenaemia.The vaccine is administered in either two-, three-, or four-dose schedules into infants and adults, which provides protection for 85–90% of individuals. Protection has been observed to last 12 years in individuals who show adequate initial response to the primary course of vaccinations, and that immunity is predicted to last at least 25 years.
Unlike hepatitis A, hepatitis B does not generally spread through water and food. Instead, it is transmitted through body fluids; prevention is thus the avoidance of such transmission: unprotected sexual contact, blood transfusions, re-use of contaminated needles and syringes, and vertical transmission during child birth. Infants may be vaccinated at birth.
Shi, et al showed that besides the WHO recommended joint immunoprophylaxis starting from the newborn, multiple injections of small doses of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg, 200–400 IU per month), or oral lamivudine (100 mg per day) in HBV carrier mothers with a high degree of infectiousness (>106 copies/ml) in late pregnancy (the last three months of pregnancy), effectively and safely prevent HBV intrauterine transmission, which provide new insight into prevention of HBV at the earliest stage.
Take prevention of hepatitis B. If you know you have hepatitis B, realize that it’s contagious. You can spread it to others. Avoid contact with others. You can prevent hepatitis from sharing needles. Although, those who use needles (outside from doctor appointments) are probably drug addicts. Don’t engage in unprotected sex, without proof your partner isn’t carrying any diseases. Avoid sharing eating utensils, or drinks with others.
Drink green tea. Drinking green tea can help get rid of a virus. That antioxidant called catechin can help in reduce symptoms. Green tea is rich in antioxidants. You want to get more antioxidants into your diet. Green tea does contain caffeine, but not the amount found in coffee and soda drinks.
Stay hydrated. Get a lot of fluids into your body. Drink water, not alcohol and caffeine drinks. Alcohol and caffeine can cause dehydration. Drink 8-10 glasses of cold water daily. Avoid a lot of fatty foods, and eat liquid foods like chicken noodle soup. Tomato soup isn’t bad as well.
Get vitamins into your diet. You should eat foods that contain a good amount of vitamins. A good source of vitamins are found in fruits. Avoid fruits that are real sour, though. Sour fruits could cause nausea and vomiting. Vitamin E supplements can help with hepatitis. Vitamin E helps protect the liver from damage, and studies suggest its helpful. Vitamin E helps fight off the virus in your liver.
Using herbal remedies. There are some helpful remedies out there, that can help treat hepatitis B. There’s a herbal supplement called hepatitone. It contains five herbs, and helps maintain a health liver function. Milk thistle, also known as silybum marianum has been used over 2,000 years for liver problems. Discuss any herbal supplements with your doctor first.
All infants should receive the hepatitis B vaccine: this is the mainstay of hepatitis B prevention.
The vaccine can be given as either three or four separate doses, as part of existing routine immunization schedules. In areas where mother-to-infant spread of HBV is common, the first dose of vaccine should be given as soon as possible after birth (i.e. within 24 hours).
The complete vaccine series induces protective antibody levels in more than 95% of infants, children and young adults. After age 40, protection following the primary vaccination series drops below 90%. At 60 years old, protective antibody levels are achieved in only 65 to 75% of those vaccinated. Protection lasts at least 20 years and should be lifelong.
All children and adolescents younger than 18 years old and not previously vaccinated should receive the vaccine. People in high risk groups should also be vaccinated, including:
Prevention Tips:
1.International travellers to countries with high rates of HBV.
2.Those at occupational risk of HBV infection, including health care workers.
3.Recipients of solid organ transplantation.
4.Persons who frequently require blood or blood products.
5.Injecting drug users.
6.Partners and household contacts of HBV infected persons.
7.Persons with high-risk sexual behaviour.
The vaccine has an outstanding record of safety and effectiveness. Since 1982, over one billion doses of hepatitis B vaccine have been used worldwide. In many countries where 8% to 15% of children used to become chronically infected with HBV, vaccination has reduced the rate of chronic infection to less than 1% among immunized children.
As of December 2006, 164 countries vaccinate infants against hepatitis B during national immunization programmes – a major increase compared with 31 countries in 1992, the year that the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to recommend global vaccination against hepatitis B.
Following vaccination, hepatitis B surface antigen may be detected in serum for several days; this is known as vaccine antigenaemia.The vaccine is administered in either two-, three-, or four-dose schedules into infants and adults, which provides protection for 85–90% of individuals. Protection has been observed to last 12 years in individuals who show adequate initial response to the primary course of vaccinations, and that immunity is predicted to last at least 25 years.
Unlike hepatitis A, hepatitis B does not generally spread through water and food. Instead, it is transmitted through body fluids; prevention is thus the avoidance of such transmission: unprotected sexual contact, blood transfusions, re-use of contaminated needles and syringes, and vertical transmission during child birth. Infants may be vaccinated at birth.
Shi, et al showed that besides the WHO recommended joint immunoprophylaxis starting from the newborn, multiple injections of small doses of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg, 200–400 IU per month), or oral lamivudine (100 mg per day) in HBV carrier mothers with a high degree of infectiousness (>106 copies/ml) in late pregnancy (the last three months of pregnancy), effectively and safely prevent HBV intrauterine transmission, which provide new insight into prevention of HBV at the earliest stage.
Take prevention of hepatitis B. If you know you have hepatitis B, realize that it’s contagious. You can spread it to others. Avoid contact with others. You can prevent hepatitis from sharing needles. Although, those who use needles (outside from doctor appointments) are probably drug addicts. Don’t engage in unprotected sex, without proof your partner isn’t carrying any diseases. Avoid sharing eating utensils, or drinks with others.
Drink green tea. Drinking green tea can help get rid of a virus. That antioxidant called catechin can help in reduce symptoms. Green tea is rich in antioxidants. You want to get more antioxidants into your diet. Green tea does contain caffeine, but not the amount found in coffee and soda drinks.
Stay hydrated. Get a lot of fluids into your body. Drink water, not alcohol and caffeine drinks. Alcohol and caffeine can cause dehydration. Drink 8-10 glasses of cold water daily. Avoid a lot of fatty foods, and eat liquid foods like chicken noodle soup. Tomato soup isn’t bad as well.
Get vitamins into your diet. You should eat foods that contain a good amount of vitamins. A good source of vitamins are found in fruits. Avoid fruits that are real sour, though. Sour fruits could cause nausea and vomiting. Vitamin E supplements can help with hepatitis. Vitamin E helps protect the liver from damage, and studies suggest its helpful. Vitamin E helps fight off the virus in your liver.
Using herbal remedies. There are some helpful remedies out there, that can help treat hepatitis B. There’s a herbal supplement called hepatitone. It contains five herbs, and helps maintain a health liver function. Milk thistle, also known as silybum marianum has been used over 2,000 years for liver problems. Discuss any herbal supplements with your doctor first.
All infants should receive the hepatitis B vaccine: this is the mainstay of hepatitis B prevention.
The vaccine can be given as either three or four separate doses, as part of existing routine immunization schedules. In areas where mother-to-infant spread of HBV is common, the first dose of vaccine should be given as soon as possible after birth (i.e. within 24 hours).
The complete vaccine series induces protective antibody levels in more than 95% of infants, children and young adults. After age 40, protection following the primary vaccination series drops below 90%. At 60 years old, protective antibody levels are achieved in only 65 to 75% of those vaccinated. Protection lasts at least 20 years and should be lifelong.
All children and adolescents younger than 18 years old and not previously vaccinated should receive the vaccine. People in high risk groups should also be vaccinated, including:
Prevention Tips:
1.International travellers to countries with high rates of HBV.
2.Those at occupational risk of HBV infection, including health care workers.
3.Recipients of solid organ transplantation.
4.Persons who frequently require blood or blood products.
5.Injecting drug users.
6.Partners and household contacts of HBV infected persons.
7.Persons with high-risk sexual behaviour.
The vaccine has an outstanding record of safety and effectiveness. Since 1982, over one billion doses of hepatitis B vaccine have been used worldwide. In many countries where 8% to 15% of children used to become chronically infected with HBV, vaccination has reduced the rate of chronic infection to less than 1% among immunized children.
As of December 2006, 164 countries vaccinate infants against hepatitis B during national immunization programmes – a major increase compared with 31 countries in 1992, the year that the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to recommend global vaccination against hepatitis B.