My profile and Results

[mike9111]

I'm an HBV carrier since birth like most of the members and I did lot of tests in the past year. My hepatalogist is one of the world leading in HBV professor Anna Lok. My results are fluctuating and I'm on no treatment and never been on treatment. I tried to put as much info on supplements I took and duration as well with the time frame.

2007
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HBV DNA 16120 IU/ML
LIVER BIOPSY  Read negative for Fibrosis

2009
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HBV DNA   160 IU/ML
ALT/AST Within Range

2010
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HBV DNA 13220 IU/ML
ALT/AST Within Range

2011
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HBV DNA   2670 IU/ML
ALT/AST Within Range
Ultrasound  Coarsened Liver

June 2014
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AST  18
ALT   20
HBV DNA 1118 IU/ML
FIBROSCAN    7.6 KPA
Ultrasound  Subtle Coarsened Liver

August 2014 (Test done in Germany)
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AST   25
ALT    39
HBV DNA   38200 IU/ML
HBSAG QUANTITATIVE    223 IU/ML
GENOTYPE   D
Vitamin D   32 ng
Started vitamin D 6000 iu

September 2014
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AST    36
ALT     55
HBV DNA   9472 IU/ML

December 2014
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AST   19
ALT    21
HBV DNA   303 IU/ML (Very low)
Started black Seed every morning with food
Pure Honey one spoon on empty stomach in morning

March  2015
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AST   26
ALT   36
Vitamin D  23 ng
HBV DNA   4608 IU/ML
FIBROSCAN   4.7 KPA (Much lower than previous read from june)

My professor before fibroscan was thinking of trying interfron for a year after i kept asking and she said if fibroscan show worsen than my last reading but it came way below that. She did say few things that align with what Stef and others been saying. I asked her if i should go nuc first to get undetectable DNA before interfron and she said in my case interfron mono would be ok since my hbv dna is not elevated. Also she said that precore mutant will not increase the risk of hcc but the genotype C and basal core are the one that at increase. In all means she said in the next 10 years my risk is low but after that she can't predict. One last thing she also commented on future and she said most hepitits C researchers have to work on HBV or otherwise they will go out of business since HCV is cured.

[flyinsky]

I have This 2conditions but m'y hepato didn't put me under nucs because she sees that I have 0fibrosis so no damage.i think treatment of hbv defer from doc to another and from patient to another .i will see her next month and see what will suggest according to my blood test and us.i did biopsy and fibroscan on April if I remember well.

[mike9111]

Ya my professor think no medication at all. Even ultrasound every 2 years. She say im young and when i ask her about the articles and guidelines. She say most of these statistics are made for asians and who didnt get monitored and no drugs were avaialble then. She said im under monitoring and once she see a rise in my hbv dna > 20000 iu or a raise in Alt she will use antiviral or peg

[flyinsky]

Ut is true m'y hepato wants to put me under interf but she hesitates because of sides effects on me and on my children so no problems with insurance.but my next check I will discuss well with her about this I want really to give my body a chance.

[stef2011]

it kind of follows drug makers/insurance companies power over governments...US and UK too lately almost run by these entities on helathcare field

[sorte]

I think it's US specific that doctors or maybe rather insurance companies don't like interferon. In Europe it's usually first line drug if no contraindications. But that depends on the country too, in UK they prefer nucs too.

[twinboys1girl4me]

I can relate Mike.  Although I really like my Hepatologist, a have lost faith in all specialists in my State wanting to cure HBV.  Yes, they want to treat with antivirals but when asked about add on Interferon down the road none are fans.  Is this what you are referring to?