{"id":4040,"date":"2022-01-08T10:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T10:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/?p=4040"},"modified":"2022-01-08T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T10:19:48","slug":"the-hepatitis-b-vaccine-a-must","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/the-hepatitis-b-vaccine-a-must\/","title":{"rendered":"The hepatitis B vaccine – A must!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus. It can present as an acute infection or in a chronic state. The liver is the organ most affected by the disease, often ending in failure that proves fatal.<\/p>\n

Hepatitis B is transmitted when the virus enters the body through infected blood or blood products and bodily fluids of a person carrying the virus.<\/p>\n

Hepatitis B is a vaccine given in 3 doses to the infants. Sometimes a combination vaccine is also given that contains the hepatitis B vaccine.<\/p>\n

In adults, the importance of hepatitis B vaccine is magnified. Though all adults are eligible for a hepatitis B vaccine, there are specific high-risk groups in whom the vaccine is a must. These include:<\/p>\n

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  1. People having multiple sex partners.<\/li>\n
  2. Men having sex with men.<\/li>\n
  3. Intravenous drug users.<\/li>\n
  4. Pregnant women.<\/li>\n
  5. Sex partners and family members living in close association with an infected person.<\/li>\n
  6. Persons travelling abroad.<\/li>\n
  7. Patients undergoing treatment for kidney failure.<\/li>\n
  8. People with diabetes type 1 or 2.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In adults the schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n

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    1. 1st dose on an appropriate day.<\/li>\n
    2. 2nd dose a month after the first dose.<\/li>\n
    3. 3rd dose 6 months from the first dose.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus. It can present as an acute infection or in a chronic state. The liver is the organ most affected by the disease, often ending in failure that proves fatal. Hepatitis B is transmitted when the virus enters the body through infected blood or blood products and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,288,262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corona-other-virus","category-drugs-vaccination","category-general-healthcare"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4041,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040\/revisions\/4041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moho.loopshell.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}