2007-09-30 23:28:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
If a mother is HBV infected, she can pass it to her child in about 80-90% of cases. Some are lucky not to pass it on to their children.
A person born with HBV most likely becomes a carrier of the virus and will be able to infect others. However the life expectancy varries. Most of them can live a normal life span as an uninfected person. The virus becomes part of them and will live on in an asymptomatic state. Some only discover that they have the virus when tested.
I don't agree that they will die soon after they're born or a still birth.
2007-10-01 00:34:36 · answer #1 · answered by bibo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pregnant woman who is a HBV carrier can pass the infection onto her newborn baby at birth.
85 to 90% of babies infected at birth will become carriers or chronically infected, reducing their life expectancy.
About 4,000 people die each year in the U.S. due to liver problems directly related to HBV
I couldn't find an exact site relating to life expectancy - maybe it differs between severity of symtoms etc..
2007-10-01 06:56:47 · answer #2 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering the infant immune system is very weak, it's very likely that the entire process will result in a still-birth or miscarriage. However, should the child be born, the average is about 3 weeks to six months.
Get your lovin' in early.
2007-10-01 06:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about Hep B but I've had Hep C for 20 yrs and my liver is in fine shape.
2007-10-01 06:56:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to depend on if it chronic or acute. Usually chronic can be something that lasts for decades.
2007-10-01 06:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by cehelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋