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i am hbsag+ and i pre-chew food for my1 yr old daughter. is it risky?

i was diagnosed of hepatitis b(hbsag +) during routine tests conducted wen i was 4 months pregnant with my daughter. immediately i put to bed hbv immunoglobulin was administered on her as well as the hbv vaccine. however as she grows older and wants to eat more adult foods, i usually pre-chew the food for her so that she can enjoy it. everytime i do dis, i get scared because i always have a feeling that she might be exposed to the virus (even scared of conducting a test on her to be sure). is der a need to take her for hbv test?

P.S -  i did a full abdominal scan about 3 months ago and all my organs were fine except that i have a fatty liver. my doctor then recommended that i do the hbv dna and hbeantigen test to determine if i need to commence treatment but i havent been able to conduct the tests cos i dnt av money yet for it but i hope to do it soon enough.
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fear not,consider testing her and check her  hbsab.
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you have to check if she did hbsab and quantity to know that vaccine worked, often it doesn t work so today mothers hbeag + and hbvdna detectable are given antiviral too before delivery

if she has hbsab she is fully protected and if you check hbcab igg you will know if she had virus already and cleared thanks to vaccine, hbsab pos plus hbcab pos is even stronger immunity
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