Are males genetic carriers of hepatitis B?

Hepatitis B is a relatively common liver disease, which is particularly harmful to patients. There are many causes of hepatitis B, including congenital causes and secondary causes. Hepatitis B shows a relatively obvious familial inheritance, so it has a certain possibility of inheritance. Many people say that hepatitis B is an infectious disease, not a genetic disease, but it has obvious familial clustering. If you have hepatitis B, you must receive regular treatment in time, and you must be vaccinated against hepatitis B after birth.

Hepatitis B is the abbreviation of chronic hepatitis B. Hepatitis B patients refer to those who are positive for the hepatitis B virus and have suffered from chronic hepatitis for more than half a year. The main symptoms of hepatitis B are physical fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal distension, liver pain, etc. If not treated in time, it may cause cirrhosis or even liver cancer in the later stage. Let's take a look at how hepatitis B comes about.

1. Family inheritance.

my country is a country with a high incidence of hepatitis B. The reason for the high incidence is that hepatitis B is transmitted in families. It is usually transmitted from mother to child. If the mother is positive for hepatitis B E antigen, then if her children are not vaccinated against hepatitis B, most of them will become carriers of the hepatitis B virus. At the same time, hepatitis B can be transmitted through semen, which is also the reason why hepatitis B is transmitted in families in my country.

The age of hepatitis B infection is closely related to whether it will develop into chronic hepatitis B. If the hepatitis B virus is infected at a young age, during the fetal or newborn period, the vast majority of children will become chronic virus carriers. If the hepatitis B virus is infected during childhood, about 20% will become hepatitis B virus carriers. If the hepatitis B virus is infected in adults, only 3%-6% will become carriers. With the increase of age, the hepatitis B virus carrier rate will gradually decrease.

3. Lack of prevention awareness.

Hepatitis B vaccine is the most important measure to prevent the spread of hepatitis B. Due to economic constraints and lack of prevention awareness in many parts of my country, hepatitis B vaccination is not carried out thoroughly enough, making it difficult to prevent hepatitis B systematically and the number of hepatitis B cases difficult to reduce.

Acute hepatitis is prone to misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis, and failure to detect in time that the patient is carrying chronic hepatitis B virus, thus delaying the opportunity for treatment. Generally speaking, non-icteric hepatitis with latent onset in the acute phase is more likely to develop into a chronic disease than acute icteric hepatitis.

People with low immunity are more susceptible to hepatitis B. People who have undergone kidney transplantation, tumors, leukemia, AIDS, or hemodialysis are more likely to develop chronic hepatitis if they are infected with hepatitis B.