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Please I need answers to the follwing questions

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:31:00 GMT

My Friend's viral load was: 93,221 HBV IU/mL as at 17-10-2011, 187,678 HBV. IU/ml as at 15-06-2012. And now,is 35,235. But her liver function test shows that some parameters are high as compared to the test she did on the 15-09-2012. Is it possible for the viral load to reduce without any treatment in a chronic stage, while the liver goes from better to worse? She has not started treatment so am concern that the lab result is not accurate. Her Dr. advised that she commence treatment immediately with pegylated Interferon. Please how long can she take the treatment before she can break it so that she can have a baby, then she can continue with the treatment? Also can the treatment correct her liver function in time? Is true that once you start the treatment you are not suppose to break it? Thank you.

Milk Thistle helpful?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:02:00 GMT

I was diagnosed with Hep B last year. The biopsy results and blood tests suggested I needed treatment. I have been on Lamivudine and Tenofovir for more than six months now. I was told by a friend that Milk Thistle can help in my case. I was wondering any one on this forum has tried it along with the drugs, any good? Many thanks. Tim

Please tell me will i clear from heptitis B

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:40:00 GMT

dear sir/Madam My medical reports result are below see it and advised me. MICROBIOLOGY Result Hepatitis Be Antibody (Elisa) Negative Hepatitis Be Antigen (Elisa) Non Reactive Hepatitis Delta Virus Antibody(Elisa) Negative BIO CHEMISTRY Total Protien 7.19 Albumin 4.34 Globulins 2.85 A/g Ratio 1.52 BIO CHEMISTRY ALT (SGPT) 27 Normal Range <41 Male MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY Heptitis B Viral Load Quantitative During PCR HBV DNA Detected in the Sample Result Viral Load 36 IU/ml Waiting for the reply Regards

Hepatitis B Cambridge

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:51:00 GMT

Hi Am looking to meet people with Hepatitis B to share experiences and information. I am Indian, chronic hepb, living in Cambridge, please get in touch with me if you are interested at indian.hepatitisb@gmail.com. Cheers

help with reading results needed please- Hep B status: NK

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:50:00 GMT

I would be most grateful if someone would help me with this please, A few month i had been vaccinated with Heb B vaccine for work My recent hepatitis B surface antibody test states : STATUS NK , DETECTED >100mIU/ml What does this mean? Am i positive or negative? many thanks in advance

would be more than happy if somebody gives me information

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:23:00 GMT

hello all , A brand new here, confused and desperately need some help, Let me tell ya my story In the end of 2007 I have been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B, in 2008 I did all the blood tests , scans , biopsy and everything was ok.My doctor told me not to worry cos the results are good , so I didnt receive treatment.Every year I did asat /alat test and its all fine , my conditions is good as well. The thing is that I am not a british citizen , I have been working and living in London for 3 years, so everytime I go to my country i make this test ( once per year). A month ago I did again test asat /alat and the result was good except Alat-42 (41 should be the max) however I am having strange feeling ( cant say pain but discomfort) in my abdominal right part (where the liver is) so I am a bit worried , I have never had before any pain . The difficult part is that I would like to start monitoring of my disease here in London, but I dont know anybody . I know nothing. Can somebody help me what to do , where to go , its really hard when you are in other country but my life is here now. Can you tell me what kind of blood test(all of them) do I need and where can I make them?How mush do they cost? Do I have right to have them for free( I am paying my taxes every year) Thank you in advance and God bless ya all!

Poor response to accelerated schedule

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:00 GMT

My partner is a carrier so I had the accelerated course of VAXProx vaccination in Jan,Feb,Mar this year. I had a blood test in Apr which showed that my antibody level was between 10-100mIU/ml. When should I have my booster and a subsequent blood test to check that I am protected ? Thank you John Carp

Partner has chronic Hep B - where to get advice

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 11:06:00 GMT

Hi, I've been seeing a lovely new girl and she has chronic Hep B. I'd been vaccinated so I wasn't too worried until after we had sex. Only afterwards did it dawn on me that I may not have finished my vaccination course as it was done in a rush many years ago. I checked my notes. I had an accelerated course, 0 days, 7, 21 days. I was due for one more after a year but forgot about it. This was 6 years ago. I had myself tested for immunity and the result came back as 68. I'm told that 100 is needed for full protection, but anything over 10 is "ok". I'm really struggling to find some hard facts. Internet is littered with conflicting advice. I've had a single booster now (right after the immunity test). I assume I now need to have the immunity test done again? Also, if things continue with this girl (and I definitely want them to, she's really nice), does it mean that we can only have protected sex? I read somewhere that vaccintation is not an alternative to protection. I've also read that the vaccine is 95% effective. What exactly is this figure? Is this 95% per exposure, 95% for all time? And is this figure measured for people that have no exposure to the virus (in which case it's a terribly INEFFECTIVE vaccine)?

Diagnosis help

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:54:00 GMT

Hi, About a month ago, I decided to get an overall check as I was starting a new relationship. Everything came back negative except Hep B. At first, the nurse told me they found antibodies but she said she was waiting for a full result to tell me more. After about half an hour, I was called in again but with a doctor this time. He then said I have HBV but he he kept contradicting himself and the nurse. After being told by the nurse it was antibodies, he said it was antigens and that it means I'm a carrier. I don't even know how I could have been infected as I hadn't been with anyone for 18 months before this and I haven't been abroad. I was however raised in Nigeria. My ex has since got tested and his results came back clear. On that day they did a liver and kidney panel test and I went away with a lot of questions. The liver panel test came back ok. He said my liver is in good condition but I have low kidney functions. I asked him what the test really said to begin with and he said it was hep B surface antigen. He didn't really have answer for me when I asked what the relevance of the GFR (kidney function)test is to HBV and how he knows I'm a carrier. Can anyone help please? I feel he doesn't know how to interpret the result and want to schedule another test through my GP. Can anyone advice? Thanks.

My boyfriend got hep B

Fri, 31 May 2013 20:01:00 GMT

Hi so i finally found this really great guy and recently he found out he has hep B. It has effected him a lot. He feels depressed and cant focus on work or anything else. To top it off he says that he cannot promise me any healthy future and I should just think about my self. We both love each other and I know that he thinks im better off without him. I have tried to tell him how i can get the vaccination and all since we have never had sex..only kissed but he says its still not good for me. How can i help him out of this and convince him that there are possibilities for us to stay together? I try to be positive with him all the time but sometimes i am in loss of words..

Diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitus B

Fri, 31 May 2013 09:39:00 GMT

Hi All, I was recently diagnosed with Chronic Hepatitus B by the Fertility Centre. My results: Hep B surface antigen - Positive Hep B core IgM - was not detected Hep B e antigen - was not detected Hep B e antibody - was detected Hep B core antibody - was detected Emotionally I feel very upset by the whole matter, but I am so determined to get better. All this sadness I feel I need to change this into positive energy. I have a very supportive family and friend unit around me. My husband has been so brilliant over the past couple of weeks. I hope this helps other people in the same situation. I will be on this forum quite a lot because I want to share my journey. I am now waiting for a referral letter from the Hepatitus Clinic. Which hopefully give me some answers on how I can go forward. I have started to change my lifestyle in terms of eating and drinking. I have stopped the drinking No more junk food Lots of water No medication Regards

Can I work in UK as a RN if I am a Hepatitis B carrier?

Fri, 31 May 2013 04:04:00 GMT

Good afternoon everyone, Recently I discovered that I am a carrier of hepatitis B and now there is a job opportunity in a nursing home. I know people in this condition should not work in contact with others. My question is this: there is another way I could work in my profession? Is there any condition for professionals working in health care. I must give up being a nurse? I really enjoy caring for others. Thanks for the advice

too scared to find out

Thu, 30 May 2013 19:07:00 GMT

i've been having pains in my right side, just under my rib cage, in the liver area. at first i put it down to drinking on nights out so just thought my liver might be "stressed"! however i am starting to get really worried about it, as its not just after nights out i had unprotected sex years ago with someone who i have since found out has had a very high number of partners. we are no longer in contact. i was tested afterwards at a GUM clinic, tests came back negative. I have contacted them since, and discovered that i wasn't tested for hep b (or hep c). i'm not ashamed to say i'm terrified - if its hep b then its probably chronic due to the time frame. i'm scared of how i'll tell my family (incl my long term partner who doesn't know about the other person), and i'm scared of what impact it will have on my life. i'm also scared that i may have long term health problems. i'm going to the doctors, but i am dreading it. i can't sleep properly and am constantly worrying

A little advice needed please

Thu, 30 May 2013 18:57:00 GMT

Hi , this is my first post here and I hope I've posted in the right section (apologies admin if I haven't). My names Glenn and i'm 40 and suffer from a rare form of Haemophilia (factor XIII - thirteen deficiency). In the 80's I contracted chronic hepatitus B thru blood that had come from America and was told that my levels made me low to no risk but was told there might be a small chance that it could one day affect me..usually so i'm led to believe hemophiliacs have a liver specialist attached to then early on but i've only ever seen the liver specialist once in 40 years (saw him a couple of years ago). Now the main reason for my post was that 2 Weeks before Christmas I received a random hospital letter to make an appointment to see a doctor who I didn't know (I do have a very good relationship with my Haemophilia specialist and he usually tells me when i'm going off for scans etc..he had made no mention of this at my last 6 monthly checkup) so after tracking him down he said my hepatitus blood results hadn't come back when he last saw me but that my viral load had gone Upto @2000 per what ever it is per mls of blood. He said I usually run at @1000 and my last test had come back higher so he was writing to the liver specialist just to see if he thought I should be scan'd. Anyways the week before Christmas I received my specialist letter to the liver specialist and also the liver specialist's reply to him stating that my levels were nearer 3000 what ever they are per mls of blood.. So that's gone from being double my normal load to triple!!! So add you can imagine my Christmas had been full of worry and stress as to what is going on..I have the appointment to see the liver specialist at the end of thus week but wad just wondering if someone could answer some questions and hopefully put my mind at ease a little. What are usual causes for viral load to increase? Age? Liver function? Now i'm apparently running at 3000 whatever they are per mls of blood does that change the status of my Hep B... I.e. change from low risk Sex (the wife would kill me if she knew I was asking about this lol) should I now use condoms as my levels have increased? She did have the course of Hep B injections about 5 years ago (think it was about then).also my teenage daughter....should she have the course if Hep B injections? So many questions, so much worry. Due to my Haemophilia being rare I've been a dirty of Guinea pig and things have always been treated on a "as it happens" basis but the Hep B I feel hasn't really been explained properly and most of what I think I know I have read off the internet. thank you for any replies. Glenn

Sent home from UAE while working coz of hep B

Sun, 26 May 2013 21:25:00 GMT

I am joy from nigeria,i got a job in the uae and have started working in december 2012,but after doing medicals,i was told i have hbsag and sent back home,i wasn't aware of the rules in the gulf before then,qatar,oman,kuwait,bahrain,Uae deport carriers .i heard that for the first time in my life,in my country,only test done are hiv,xray,tb,among others and i have never failed med test.i have never fall sick in my life except headache and once i take panadol,its gone.till now no sypmtons,i am in my 30s.i have started taken my local herbs and i am sure i will get rid of this hep b. I need suggestion of where i can work with it for now,countries that doesn't restrict.i also need a female partner from uk with hep B who is ready for a serious relationship.

Hello

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:03:00 GMT

I am very happy that I have found this site. I was diagnosed with HepB virus this year and my life just fell apart. I was so surprised to find out about this as I never been ill nor had any sympthoms. I always worked long hours and my energy levels were always up. I was suicidal for many months unable to accept the news, therefore I had to undergo a lot of therapy. I am slightly better now, but I haven't managed to come to terms to the fact that I am a carrier of this terible virus. The tests are showing that I had it in my system for most of my life. The probable cause was probably blood transfusion (I had surgery when I was 8 years old). I am happy that I haven't passed it to anyone else as I never been sexually active nor I have any children. However, I have no life at the moment. I'm just drifting away. Before I found out of the existance of this virus I was very active, well organized, very able to manage a job and full time education. Now I'm wreck! I can't sleep, I gave up university I distanced myself from my friends and I no longer have a reason to live. As many of you I find it hard to accept such an illness and I am angry that there was no information available about hepatits. I think that everyone should be aware of it and vaccination should be made available. People must be educated in schools. This virus is worse than cervical cancer and universal vaccination is the answer. I had no idea what hepatitis is and how you can contract it. I was so ignorant! At the moment I'm on a medication called Vired. I've been on it for 2 months now, but the viral load is pretty much the same. I do hope that that will change in time, althouth I am quite pesimistic. At times I feel as I am losing my minds. I just can't cope! I find it even harder when I have nobody to talk to. My GP and the hepatologist are the only people who talk to me.I'm grateful to them. They handled me with so much patience and care. I haven't found a suport group yet, but this site sounds great! I would be very happy if anyone wants to write to me. I've read all the stories from this site and I must admit that I feel a bit better now that I know that there are other people out there who share my thoughts and concerns and I found some good advice as well already. Please, if you wish, do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you

what combination of drugs should i use??

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:46:00 GMT

hi every one!!. Its a nice forum out here. I was diagnosed wit hepatitis B some months back and i started wit lamivudin wit little releav but i experience muscle pain and was adviced by my GP to stop taking it because i may only stres my already diseased liver.now i am having muscle pain with peripheral neuropathy. I dont know if there are better combinations than lamivudine alone

looking for friend

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:28:00 GMT

am 29 years man i was diagnosed hepb 2 years ago at first life was difficalt i had attended a whole a lot appointments scan ultrasound and a lot more i have to see hospital every six month so i am looking friend female and male to support each other finaly i would like to say sorry my pure english my email yabserat7@gmail.com

What Can we do to Work Abroad

Sat, 04 May 2013 02:17:00 GMT

Hi im Josel, Im 29 years old. i was detected to have a chronic hepa b carrier during the time when i worked as a laboratory chemist in my previous company and that was last 2010. The company fired me due to my condition, coz according to them laboratory work are prone to wounds cause by broken glassware and might spread the virus due to that case. I tried several company but i failed. during that same year i attempted to work abroad ( Riyadh)but i failed again due to the unfit status in my medical examination. Dream were shuttered due to the offer by the employer for me is so high. i have nothing to do but to sulk in, after that think what is my next big plan after that scenario. Right now I am working as a call center agent, because they are the only company who can accommodate like us. According to the internist doctor that we had is that i can no longer use vaccination due to it will be useless. i have this hepa status that cant be cure according to the doctor. I have a fit body, I cant even imagine I have that virus coz it has no symptoms. Im not color yellow like sponge bob I feel healthy inside and out. I really want to work abroad.. pls help me know what are the process to work abroad and how? I am a BS Chemistry Graduate and a License Teacher as well. all of that accomplishment are useless due to this illness. I really want to help my family financially. thank you Josh

People with Hepatitis B looking for marriage....

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:39:00 GMT

Hello everyone I am looking to marry someone with "Hepatitis b" with no Viral Detected as same in my condition. Need some help in this regards because its always good to approach someone with same situation where they can live happily without any issues a head....