Things not to do for Hepatitis B

Things not to do 

Avoid, or severely restrict alcohol intake. The liver may get damaged further by alcohol. Even if alcohol is consumed acetaminophen should not be taken along with alcohol. 
Toothbrushes, razors, needles, syringes, nail files, clippers, scissors, or any object that may come into contract with the blood or body fluids should not be shared

1. Do not share food that has been in the mouth. 

2. Do not donate blood, plasma, body organs, tissue or sperm. 

Preventing Hepatitis B Virus ( HBV)

1. Safe and effective vaccines can prevent HBV. They provide protection against Hepatitis B for 15 years and possible longer. 

2. Newborns exposed to HBV at birth by an infected mother should receive H-BIG plus the Hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hours of birth and two additional doses of vaccine at 1 and 6-12 months of age. 

3. All children land adolescents should be vaccinated since most cases of HBV occur in sexually active young adults. 

4. Everyone who handles blood or blood products in their daily work should be vaccinated. 

5. Practice safe sex (use latex condoms). Unvaccinated individuals who have been exposed to HBV-infected persons through unprotected sex or contact with infected blood or body fluids should receive HIB-1g within 14 days of exposure as well as the Hepatitis B vaccine. 

6. Drug addicts should never share drug needles. Cocaine straws, or any drug paraphernalia. No one should share anything that could have an infected person's blood on it ( toothbrush, razor, nail clipper, body piercing instruments). 

7. Handle blood spills correctly. If there is a blood spill, even a small one, wipe it and reclean with a 10 per cent solution of household bleach to kill the HB virus. 

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Things not to do for Hepatitis B