Hepatitis B
Health determinants of Hepatitis B unsafe or unprotected sex with more than one person have unsafe sex with an infected person having and sexually transmitted infection sharing needles living with someone who has HBV have a job that exposes you to human blood travel in regions high at risk for HBV
Many people around the world don't have the knowledge or ability to have safe and protected sex and if we can educate some of these people about how important it is to have safe and protected sex a lot of lives would be saved. About 350 million people are living with HBV and most have been infected through unsafe sex in regions where it is not available or not ethical.
Many men are not allowed to use condoms in their countries and are also sleeping with multiple women. Through these behaviors HBV is being transmitted from person to person, and now some kids are even being born with it.
If safe sex was taught in some of these countries a lot of people would not be living with the HBV virus. A lot of the reasons that it could be prevented are behavioral and if these people had the education they needed it could be prevented.
The people that have been exposed through work can be taught to be a little more careful when it comes to keeping blood and other bodily fluids away from open cuts or parts on their bodies.
When traveling in regions at risk for HBV make sure to get the vaccination needed to prevent HBV. If you are living with someone who has HBV try to avoid swapping bodily fluids with them for you are at risk for the virus.
If the vaccinations and medications were available to the people in these countries the virus would be preventable even more. The people also need to be educated about the disease and the risks that it can lead to.
If you have a STD already then you are also at risk for HBV. It is hard to stop once you have reached this point so there is not much that a medication can do, you can still take the medicine but it
Many people around the world don't have the knowledge or ability to have safe and protected sex and if we can educate some of these people about how important it is to have safe and protected sex a lot of lives would be saved. About 350 million people are living with HBV and most have been infected through unsafe sex in regions where it is not available or not ethical.
Many men are not allowed to use condoms in their countries and are also sleeping with multiple women. Through these behaviors HBV is being transmitted from person to person, and now some kids are even being born with it.
If safe sex was taught in some of these countries a lot of people would not be living with the HBV virus. A lot of the reasons that it could be prevented are behavioral and if these people had the education they needed it could be prevented.
The people that have been exposed through work can be taught to be a little more careful when it comes to keeping blood and other bodily fluids away from open cuts or parts on their bodies.
When traveling in regions at risk for HBV make sure to get the vaccination needed to prevent HBV. If you are living with someone who has HBV try to avoid swapping bodily fluids with them for you are at risk for the virus.
If the vaccinations and medications were available to the people in these countries the virus would be preventable even more. The people also need to be educated about the disease and the risks that it can lead to.
If you have a STD already then you are also at risk for HBV. It is hard to stop once you have reached this point so there is not much that a medication can do, you can still take the medicine but it