Is it possible to hepatitis B from mother to child if the child was born by caesarean section? The child in the first year of life had been immunized against hepatitis B according to the usual scheme. And it is safe to breastfeed your baby?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist If your child was born by Caesarean section from HBsAg + mothers, the infection with hepatitis B it is possible, but the likelihood of infection is small. Breast-feeding is not recommended because the skin on the nipples of mother and child's oral mucosa may be damaged. Hepatitis B virus through blood can pass to the baby. Similar question: ... do a 17-year old child vaccinated against hepatitis A (vaccinated against hepatitis-B have already been made). How this vaccine is safe? Can-Do ...