{"id":1255,"date":"2020-10-20T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:47:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:47:27","slug":"%e8%aa%8d%e8%ad%98%e4%b9%99%e5%9e%8b%e8%82%9d%e7%82%8e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/%e8%aa%8d%e8%ad%98%e4%b9%99%e5%9e%8b%e8%82%9d%e7%82%8e\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepatitis B: What is that?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1255\" class=\"elementor elementor-1255\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4446a2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4446a2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f8140e\" data-id=\"4f8140e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a3134 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9a3134\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1256\" alt=\"\u4e59\u578b\u809d\u708e\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-21-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-21-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-455e7ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"455e7ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5224f3\" data-id=\"a5224f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f202f42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f202f42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div>Hepatitis B is a common infectious disease in Hong Kong. It is spread from mother who is infected with the virus to baby at birth, or through blood, or other body fluids containing the virus, such as sharing needles for drug injection, ear piercing, tattooing, or unprotected sexual contact.<\/div><div>About 8% of Hong Kong's population is hepatitis B chronic carriers. They are asymptomatic even though they are infected with Hepatitis B virus. One fourth of the carriers will develop chronic hepatitis or liver cirrhosis and liver cancer in the worst case. It is recommended for those who are not infected with the virus to have a hepatitis B vaccine to ensure long-term immunity. Once the donated blood is tested positive for hepatitis B, the donor will be informed with the positive result, suggesting them not to donate blood ever again, and the donated blood will be discarded properly.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c42128 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c42128\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4df6460\" data-id=\"4df6460\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c4b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73c4b36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hepatitis B Symptoms<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa1b31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfa1b31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The virus can cause acute hepatitis. Less than 5% of infected children under the age of 5 and 30-60% of infected adults are symptomatic. Common presentations include fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, yellow colouring of the eyes, dark urine and clay coloured or light stools. Symptomatic or not, approximately 5-10% of adults and 95% of perinatally infected infants are unable to clear the virus, thus becoming chronic carriers. They may subsequently develop chronic hepatitis, permanent liver damage or liver cancer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ac2a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52ac2a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mode of transmission<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe049f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fe049f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hepatitis B virus can be found in blood and body fluids of an infected person and can be transmitted to others through the following ways:<\/p><ol><li>Mother to infant transmission at or around the time of delivery.<\/li><li>Blood contact<br \/>I. By direct contact with contaminated blood<br \/>II. By sharing contaminated personal items such as toothbrushes, razors and nail cutters<br \/>III. By sharing contaminated needles<br \/>IV. By ear-piercing, tattooing or acupuncture using contaminated instruments<br \/>V. By transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products<\/li><li>Sexual contact<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5d5ded elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5d5ded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Incubation Period of Hepatitis B<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e24ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9e24ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The incubation period ranges from 45-160 days. Symptoms usually occur within 3 months.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a2b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9a2b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Treatments of Hepatitis B<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd19d76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd19d76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u6025\u6027\u4e59\u578b\u809d\u708e\u6c92\u6709\u7279\u5225\u8abf\u7406\u65b9\u6cd5\u3002\u60a3\u8005\u5fc5\u9808\u6709\u8db3\u5920\u4f11\u606f\uff0c\u5747\u8861\u98f2\u98df\u53ca\u907f\u514d\u98f2\u9152\u3002\u61c9\u63a1\u53d6\u5b89\u5168\u6027\u884c\u70ba\u53ca\u907f\u514d\u901a\u904e\u8840\u6db2\u63a5\u89f8\u50b3\u67d3\u7684\u63aa\u65bd\u4ee5\u6e1b\u4f4e\u5176\u611f\u67d3\u3002\u5c11\u6578\u6210\u5e74\u4eba\u6703\u6210\u70ba\u6162\u6027\u4e59\u578b\u809d\u708e\u60a3\u8005\u3002\u82e5\u662f\uff0c\u4ed6\u5011\u61c9\u63a5\u53d7\u7279\u5b9a\u6162\u6027\u4e59\u578b\u809d\u708e\u8abf\u7406\u3002<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d0a62c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d0a62c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u907f\u514d\u4e59\u578b\u809d\u708e<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b999647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b999647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Avoid sharing syringes, razors, toothbrushes and other objects that may be contaminated with blood.<\/li><li>Clean and dress wounds properly.<\/li><li>Wear gloves while handling blood and body fluids.<\/li><li>Disinfect objects contaminated with blood using household bleach diluted 4 times. (1 part of bleach with 4 parts of water)<\/li><li>\u9032\u884c\u6027\u884c\u70ba\u524d\u61c9\u63a1\u53d6\u5b89\u5168\u907f\u514d\u63aa\u65bd\u3002<\/li><li>An effective vaccine against hepatitis B infection is available. The standard vaccination scheme is a 3-dose schedule administered at 0, 1, 6 months. Booster dose is usually not required for those who have completed a standard three-dose regimen.<\/li><li>All babies born in Hong Kong are vaccinated. The birth dose is administered at birth in the hospital, while the second and third doses are given in Maternal &amp; Child Health Centres. For babies born to carrier mothers, an additional hepatitis B immunoglobulin is given within 24 hours of birth to prevent transmission of infection from their mothers.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9040749 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9040749\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95ae7cc\" data-id=\"95ae7cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe1e2bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe1e2bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The above information is for reference only. Consult your doctor if you have any doubt.<br \/>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cutt.ly\/xgtDfkT\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cutt.ly\/xgtDfkT<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cutt.ly\/GgtDkpl\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cutt.ly\/GgtDkpl<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u4e59\u578b\u75c5\u6bd2\u6027\u809d\u708e\u662f\u4e00\u7a2e\u672c\u6e2f\u5e38\u898b\u7684\u50b3\u67d3\u75c5\uff0c\u4e3b\u8981\u50b3\u64ad\u9014\u5f91\u662f\u7d93\u7531\u5e36\u4e59\u578b\u809d\u708e\u75c5\u6bd2\u7684\u6bcd\u9ad4\u50b3\u67d3\u81f3\u65b0\u751f\u5b30\u5b69\uff0c\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u7531\u5e36\u6709\u75c5\u6bd2\u7684 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/%e8%aa%8d%e8%ad%98%e4%b9%99%e5%9e%8b%e8%82%9d%e7%82%8e\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hepatitis B: What is that?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health_info"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3295,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1255\/revisions\/3295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}