Can patients with Hepatitis C breastfeed?

Hepatitis C not only poses a health hazard to people, but also because it is contagious, it puts pressure on many female hepatitis C patients to be mothers. Breastfeeding is a mother's wish, so can hepatitis C be breastfed? Let's take a look:

1. What is Hepatitis C?

Hepatitis C is full name hepatitis C, a disease caused by hepatitis C virus infection. People with hepatitis C usually have no obvious symptoms, but some will have nausea, weakness, yellow urine, yellow eyes and other symptoms, which will develop into cirrhosis, causing great harm to society and people's health.

However, once hepatitis C is discovered and treated promptly, a very good cure rate can be achieved with appropriate and symptomatic treatment.

2. Transmission routes of hepatitis C

Hepatitis C has several ways of transmission, namely blood transmission, sexual transmission, mother-to-child transmission, etc. Therefore, in daily life, you should not use the same kitchen utensils with strangers, you should not go to illegal websites, and in the form of breast milk, if the mother's HBV-DNA is positive, then the possibility of transmission to the baby will be very high.

3. Can exclusive breastfeeding be allowed for women with hepatitis C?

Hepatitis C can be exclusively breastfed, but the prerequisite is that the mother's blood cell HBV-DNA test is negative, which means the virus infection value is low. Within the standard range, the infection rate of the baby is extremely low. If the blood cell HBV-DNA test is positive, then exclusive breastfeeding cannot be carried out. The hepatitis B virus will enter the baby's body through breast milk, causing the baby to become a virus carrier or patient, especially when the nipple is damaged, then breastfeeding should generally be stopped. In addition, if exclusive breastfeeding is not carried out, if the mother's blood cell HBV-DNA test is positive, try not to kiss the baby mouth to mouth.

From the above content, we can see that hepatitis C can also be breastfed, provided that the blood cell HBV-DNA test is negative. If it is positive, in order to avoid infecting the child, do not breastfeed, go to the hospital for treatment first, and promote physical recovery.