At 29, I never knew I have hep B until I got jaundiced and had dark urine.
I immediately went to the doctor and they ran hep B tests. I tested positive for Hep B and diagnosed as chronic.
During peak of symptoms, ALT was 2000 (very high!!) but after 1 week, it was down to 500. HBV DNA was 200,000+ at that time.
Doctor said I had a flare up but did not run any tests except for ultrasound (liver kidney spleen gallbladder are normal)
I dont understand what caused the flare up! Is it really possible? Am I really at chronic? Please help. My doctor prescribed tenofovir for a month before my next lab tests but I still did not take it cause I am still in figuring things out.