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Hi doctor im 24 years male and im hep b patient from past 8 years but till now I not had any problem and I living normal life I have tested my LFT last month its a normal range and hbeag-Negative I have some doubts pls answer 1 can you please confirm what kind of hepatitis I suffering 2 I planning to my marriage should my wife need any vaccine 3 should I get baby 4 should I have a sex without condom 4 should I need any more blood tests. Please advice
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If you are HBsAg reactive, then you have chronic Hepatitis B E antigen negative infection.
If you get married, your wife to be should be vaccinated in advance.
You can certainly have a baby and as long as your wife is not infected, there should be no major issues.
I would not have sex without a condom until you know that the vaccine worked well in your wife to be. This can be checked with a simple blood test.
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