Oh. Well, lots of babies w/o Hep B experience jaundice. In fact, there's no reason why a newborn WITH Hep B with have jaundice as a result of the hepatitis. They generally have no symptoms.
The HBIG is a different shot than the vaccination.
thanks, i think that's why i had hep B. coz i have chronic hep B and i remember that my mom used to tell me that i was a jaundice baby.. maybe my mom had hepa when she was pregnant with me...and i wasnt given the HBIG shot.. my mom passed away already so i coudnt ask her if i had the vaccine .. thanks for answering my question:)
Well, I think the question is what if they get the vaccination but not the HBIG. I think they would still have a good shot of not getting the virus but I don't know the exact numbers.
The baby will have a high probability of getting HBV. Many mothers in Asia did not know or did not have vaccination then which is why HBV is such a problem there.