What is the treatment and preventive measure for Australia antigen ? Dear doctor, god bless you and live long life to serve the humanity. sir here my concern question about the exact treatment and risk factor and how to avoid the australia antigen . Please do suggest and guide us. Thanks a lot, looking forward to hear you. regards.
Hello there! As they say prevention is better than cure. First the best thing to do is to prevent the infection of Australia antigen which is a particle of Hepatitis B virus detected in the blood of an infected person. Hepatitis is transmitted via blood or blood products, body fluids and from mother to child. Infection can be prevented by taking Hepatitis vaccination which is freely available.  A person infected with Hepatitis B and Australia antigen positive may not be symptomatic and aggressive treatment is not required except for having a healthy lifestyle. If symptomatic then treatment is accorded as per the symptoms and immunoglobulins are also used. If you are not vaccinated by now then get your blood Bag test done and if negative then get vaccinated at your earliest to prevent the risk of getting infected. Take care!