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Do I Need To Worry About Hepatitis B?

my husband contrcted Hep B at birth in Tonga. It has bee dormant all these years that we were married [28yrs] Three weeks before he passed away we found out that he had it and that his liver was damaged. The Hep b was activated due to meds he was taking for his kidneys that weeken his ammune system. Do I need to be worried that I have it?
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
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Hi there,
Thanks for using HCM.
Sexual contact is one of the ways by which hepatitis B infection gets transmitted.
So obviously you were at risk of contracting it from your husband.
To know whether you have got the infection from him, you can get the HBsAg test done.

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Do I Need To Worry About Hepatitis B?

Hi there, Thanks for using HCM. Sexual contact is one of the ways by which hepatitis B infection gets transmitted. So obviously you were at risk of contracting it from your husband. To know whether you have got the infection from him, you can get the HBsAg test done. Is this answer helpful?