Post Date May, 06 2023
Can a couple wear a condom to prevent the transmission of hepatitis B if one of them has it?
Precautions for sexual activity in patients with liver disease
There is evidence that a person's energy expenditure during sexual activity is equivalent to participating in a 100 meter sprint race. This huge physical exertion is extremely detrimental to liver disease patients who need rest. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney stores essence, the liver and kidney are homologous, and the liver can only function normally with the nourishment of kidney essence. If kidney essence is insufficient, the liver loses nutrition, and liver blood is insufficient, leading to worsening of the condition. What should liver disease patients pay attention to during sexual activity?
1. Acute hepatitis
During acute hepatitis, there is a significant increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and when symptoms such as general weakness and jaundice are evident, masturbation should be prohibited. Avoid excessive fatigue and exacerbate the condition. At the same time, during acute or chronic hepatitis activity, liver disease patients are infectious, and through sexual contact, sexual partners have the opportunity to contract hepatitis.
When acute hepatitis reaches clinical cure, chronic hepatitis basically meets the cure standard, and acute hepatitis with stable condition for more than six months can have sexual activity. After clinical cure, there is no abnormality for one year, and those with no abnormality after observation for two years can be competent for work and have normal sexual life.
How to prevent infection during sexual activity?
In order to prevent the spread of hepatitis B between couples, both parties must first meet honestly, and the sick party must immediately tell the other party the truth and have the other party undergo a liver function test. If any of the other party's two and a half pairs are positive, the other party has also been infected with hepatitis B virus, as long as it avoids worsening the condition. If the other party's above five indicators are all negative, it indicates that they have not contracted hepatitis B and have no resistance to the hepatitis B virus. In this way, active prevention is necessary.
Can condoms resist hepatitis B virus?
Condoms or condoms are one of the most important measures for modern people to prevent infectious diseases during sexual activity. In addition to blood transmission, sexual transmission is also one of the transmission routes of hepatitis B. The use of condoms can reduce the chance of infection with hepatitis B virus to a certain extent. But experts point out that when liver function is abnormal or acute hepatitis B occurs, even if condoms are used, the risk of hepatitis B transmission will greatly increase.
