According to the 2020 data survey, the hepatitis B virus infection rate of children under 5 years old in China has dropped to less than 1%, with the advent of China's hepatitis B vaccine, free injection policy implementation, China finally took off the hat of a hepatitis B country.
However, this does not mean that China has completely got rid of the hepatitis B virus, in fact, there are still nearly 70 million hepatitis B virus carriers in China, which accounts for about 1/3 of the total number of the world, and it is still the highest incidence of viral hepatitis in China.
So far, there is no clinical cure for hepatitis B completely, which means that infected people may carry the virus for life and may develop acute and chronic hepatitis B. Once hepatitis B disease develops, patients should actively undergo antiviral and immunotherapy, and should also stay away from various bad habits.
For example, the following three bad habits may cause damage to the liver, and it may be too late to stay away:
1, Sick or random thrower
This is a misunderstanding that many acute and chronic hepatitis B patients are prone to fall into, they are worried that hepatitis B will develop into cirrhosis or cancer, worried that they need lifelong treatment, so without the advice of doctors, they began to blindly take various antiviral drugs, and even increased the dosage of medicine.
As everyone knows, if the timing of taking antiviral drugs is improper and blind medication, not only will it not have the effect of treatment, but it may also make the virus resistant, which is quite unfavorable to the control of the disease later.
If it is to increase the dosage of drugs at will and easily try home remedies that have not been scientifically proven, this may not have a therapeutic effect, but the toxicity of the drug will cause damage to the liver, and even develop into drug-induced liver disease and drug-induced liver failure;
2, a lot of alcoholism
The liver is the largest place for alcohol degradation and metabolism, and our daily intake of alcohol exceeds 95%, which needs to be catabolized in the liver.
However, at the same time as the liver metabolizes alcohol, whether it is ethanol itself or the metabolite acetaldehyde have a direct toxic effect on the liver, they will affect the process of liver metabolism of sugars and lipids, and will also cause direct damage to liver cells, induce liver cell DNA degeneration, immune function decline, there is no benefit to the recovery and control of hepatitis B, but may develop alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis.
Patients with alcoholic cirrhosis with hepatitis B virus infection will have a significant increase in the chance of developing liver cancer in the future;
3. Unhealthy diet
The treatment process of hepatitis B is actually antiviral, through drugs, personal immune function to fight against viral invasion.
If there are improper eating habits in hepatitis B patients, such as long-term overnutrition or long-term dieting, just vegetarianism, fasting, etc., this not only does not play a role in alleviating liver disease, but will reduce autoimmune function, lead to fatty liver, liver function damage and other problems, while immune function declines, the replication of the virus will be more active, which may make hepatitis B disease further develop.
Therefore, the clinic has always emphasized that hepatitis B patients need to have a balanced daily diet and maintain adequate nutritional intake.
In addition to staying away from the above three unhealthy bad habits, because hepatitis B is a long-term, even lifelong problem.
Therefore, while actively cooperating with doctors for treatment, patients also need to conduct regular review, which includes hepatitis B two-and-a-half, liver function and imaging tests, the purpose of which is to understand the recovery of the liver and adjust the medication in time.