The virus that causes Hepatitis B infection can affect you at any stage in life. However, in some countries the infection is more common during pregnancy. Hepatitis B and pregnancy is quite a tricky situation to deal with. The reason for the same being that there is always a risk of the infection passing on to the fetus.
Hepatitis B infection in pregnant women can be either acute or chronic. Acute infection refers to the infection that developed during the course of pregnancy. A pregnant woman suffering from acute infection may have to deal with premature labor. On the other hand, if a pregnant woman is suffering from chronic infection, it means that the infection existed prior to pregnancy.
The treatment of Hepatitis B infection during pregnancy varies from one individual to the other.
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