Hepatitis B Testing During Pregnancy! Required or Not?

The chronic Hepatitis B virus is affecting approximately 350 million individuals worldwide. Half of this estimated figure get infected from this virus either perinatally or in early childhood. According to reports over 1 million people are died badly with HBV infection which is increasing every year. 

To rein this rapidly increasing infection, people need to be well aware from it - in order dodge its bad impacts that include cirrhosis, liver failure or hepatocellular carcinoma that occurs in 15%-40% of infected subjects. 

In most of the cases, it is noted that babies born to a mother - who is suffering from this chronic infection, have a greater chance of having chronic hepatitis B if they are not properly treated at birth. Thus it very much important for women to have Hepatitis B testing in the early stage. This testing is will render the exact status of this infection in order to prevent passing the virus on to their newborn baby during delivery.

Also, it will help the doctor to make the required arrangements for having proper medications in the delivery room to prevent your baby from being infected.

In the pregnancy period, this testing is especially crucial for women who fall into high-risk groups such as women from ethnic communities where hepatitis B is common, health care workers spouses or partners living with an infected person. 

Tests and treatments for Hepatitis B during pregnancy 

Generally standard and routine tests are performed on all pregnant women at or before their first pregnancy - mostly in 12 to 14 weeks of the pregnancy. If the woman is carrying the hepatitis B virus, her blood test result will show as being 'positive' for the 'hepatitis B surface antigen'

If the test is positive, then your newborn baby must be given two shots immediately in the delivery room:

• First is the vaccine dose of the hepatitis B 
• The second dose of the Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (HBIG).

The proper dose of these two medications can increase 90% chance of a newborn from being protected against a lifelong hepatitis B infection. You need to be very much specific with its treatment for the baby and mother so that the patient receives the remaining shots in the series according to schedule to ensure complete protection.

DIY Testing :- 

DIY testing for hepatitis B is one of the most prominent ways to examine the stage of this chronic infection. This testing approach keeps your results private as you can test it in the convenience of your home on your own. 

Where to get these DIY test kits? 

Before choosing this test kit you need to check that test kit should be medically approved and manufactured under strict medical instructions. Head Start Testing is one of the finest manufacturers of high-quality test kits – prominent to deliver highly accurate results.

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