Read up on this link:
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Hepatitis/HepB-Introduction--Welcome-Page/show/34?cid=153
Entecavir hold down the viral replication. It does not remove hep B from your body.
How old are you?
Do you know when your were infected?
Did you have a liver biopsy?
Treatment depends on numerous factors.
Hi,
Thanks for your response.
I am 31 yrs old, my last two viral DNA's show that the viral copies are less than detectable limit (But of course I am on medication, Entecavir).
I am not sure when I was infected and what was the cause of infection.
Liver biopsy is not done so far, but I had done lots of liver function tests (each month) from Nov to May. here are the LFT reports
"Baraclude
Entecavir 0.5 mg"
LFT Reports "Before Treatment
Starts" Ist Week
Test Description Reference range & Units 19-Nov-08 30-Nov-08 7-Dec-08 14-Dec-08 17-Jan-09 14-Mar-09 26-Apr-09 30-May-09
Bilirubin Total (Serum DCA) 0.2 - 1.0 mg/dl 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.44 0.9 0.4
Enzymes
SGOT(AST) (Serum/Kinetic/IFCC) < 40 U/L 23 24 27 16 28 38.7 39 22
SGPT(ALT) (Serum/Kinetic/IFCC) < 41 U/L 28 32 33 32 36 35.3 49 32
Alkaline Phosphatase (Serum/Kinetic/PNPP) 36 - 141 U/L 106 104 105 105 118 101.7 92 161
(100-290 U/l)
Gamma GT (Serum/Kinetic) < 55 U/L 28 26 27 25 23 24 21
Protiens
Total Protein (Serum/Biuret) 6.6 - 8.8 gm/dl 7.6 7.6 8 7.2 7.8 7.9 7.2 7.1
Albumin (Serum/BCG) 3.5 - 4.8 gm/dl 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6
Globulin (Serum/Calculation) 2.3 - 3.5 gm/dl 3 2.8 3.1 2.7 3 3.2 2.6 2.5
A/G Ratio (Serum/Calculation) "Electrophoresis is the
Preferred Method" 1.53 1.71 1.58 1.67 1.6 1.4 1.77 1.84
Please let me know if you need more data /reports to analyze and respond back.
Thanks,
Himanshu