Home Health Center Hepatitis B   Ways To Prevent Hepatitis-B

Prevention from Hepatitis B


Apart from the vaccine, you can prevent Hepatitis B in the following ways:

  • Practice safe sexual relations. Using latex condoms helps to prevent transmission of the virus. However, condoms are not 100 percent effective in this regard.
  • Men who have sexual relations with men should receive both hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines.
  • Avoid injecting drugs and sharing needles.
  • Avoid sharing any personal items with traces of blood on it such as razors or toothbrushes.
  • Since hepatitis B can spread through open cuts and wounds, it is important to cover them properly with a bandage.
  • Educate yourself about the risks before getting tattoos or body piercings. You may contract the virus in case the needles and other instruments used are not sterilized.
  • Health care workers must take the proper precautions when handling needles and other sharp instruments.

Home Remedies
Living
References
  1. Robert P. Perrillo, Robert G. Gish, Marion Peters, Emmet B. Keeffe, Alfredo Alberti, Maria Buti, W. Graham E. Cooksley, Michael W. Fried, Stephanos J. Hadziyannis, Yun–Fan Liaw, Nikolai V. Naoumov, Eugene R. Schiff, Chloe L. Thio, Naoky Tsai, Solko Schalm, Chronic Hepatitis B: A Critical Appraisal of Current Approaches to Therapy, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 233-248, ISSN 1542-3565, 10.1016/S1542-3565(05)00983-3.
  2. Emmet B. Keeffe, Acute hepatitis A and B in patients with chronic liver disease: prevention through vaccination, The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 118, Issue 10, Supplement, October 2005, Pages 21-27, ISSN 0002-9343, 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.07.013.
  3. Samer S. El-Kamary, Michelle D. Shardell, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Soheir Ismail, Mohamed El-Ateek, Mohamed Metwally, Nabiel Mikhail, Mohamed Hashem, Amr Mousa, Amr Aboul-Fotouh, Mohamed El-Kassas, Gamal Esmat, G. Thomas Strickland, A randomized controlled trial to assess the safety and efficacy of silymarin on symptoms, signs and biomarkers of acute hepatitis, Phytomedicine, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 391-400, ISSN 0944-7113, 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.02.002.