Can a man with hepatitis pass it on to the next generation?

Hepatitis is actually not unfamiliar to everyone. Many people suffer from this disease. However, for hepatitis patients, if they are preparing to have a baby, they will be very worried. So, can men with hepatitis pass on hepatitis to the next generation? If we want to know whether hepatitis is hereditary, we must first understand the relevant knowledge about hepatitis. For example, everyone must know the transmission route of hepatitis. Because the transmission route of hepatitis can tell whether hepatitis is hereditary.

First, let's understand the main transmission routes of hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is mainly transmitted through blood, mother-to-child transmission, and injection transmission. In addition to eating, it is transmitted through contact with the body fluids of hepatitis B patients, such as saliva, urine, milk, and semen. However, the probability of hepatitis B being transmitted through body fluids is relatively small, mainly through blood transfusion and injection, such as infection through blood transfusion, injection, and blood product infection during the treatment of the disease.

So, can male hepatitis B be passed on to the next generation?

In fact, generally speaking, male hepatitis B will not be passed on to children, because hepatitis B is not hereditary. The so-called heredity refers to the mutation in DNA, and hepatitis B is not caused by DNA mutation. Therefore, whether it is male or female hepatitis B, it is not hereditary. However, the hepatitis B virus is contagious, and the reason why mother-to-child transmission is serious is that there is direct blood contact between mother and baby during delivery. If a man is a carrier of the hepatitis B virus, the best way to prevent the child from being infected with the virus is to pay more attention to daily contact and remember the transmission routes of hepatitis B.

Hepatitis is a general term for liver inflammation. It usually refers to the damage of liver cells and liver function caused by a variety of pathogenic factors such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, chemicals, drugs, alcohol, and autoimmune factors, which causes a series of physical discomfort and abnormal liver function indicators.

Due to different causes of hepatitis, although there are similar clinical manifestations, there are often significant differences in etiology, serology, damage mechanism, clinical course and prognosis, extrahepatic damage, diagnosis and treatment.

It should be noted that the hepatitis we usually refer to in our daily lives mostly refers to viral hepatitis caused by hepatitis viruses such as hepatitis A, B, and C.