My new results

[mike9111]

Here is another set of results:

Just little history of My story for new members. You can look up my profile I have long list of testing results which can give you a good data analysis if you are interested.
I was born with hbv and now turning 39 next week.

I'm followed by one of the best professor in hbv field.

Never been on any treatment.

My alt/ast history was always in range with few exceptions.
My hbv viral load fluctuate between 1000 to 20000 iu/ml
My hbsag quantitative was done in Germany multiple times and in 3 years was 223 then 141 then 79 iu/ml

My ultrasound always show coarsened heterogeneous echotexture liver

Fibroscan was done 3 times in 3 years and result as follow 7.9 kpa then 4.8 kpa the. 5.5 kpa

AFP always 4 ng but the last test ordered was 2 years ago. Seems my professor don't really follow it

March 2017 result (my latest result):

Ast 19
Alt 21
Hbv viral load 1647 iu/ml
Hbsag quantitative (first time completed in USA) 151 iu/ml

If you have any question let me know

[varsa]

How did you know that you r chronic from birth.is your mother is also hbv patient.sorry for asking as I am also trying to find out how I got infection

[mike9111]

Good question my mom was never tested. The assumption was made since 95% chronic carrier are either before age 5. So either by early childhood or by birth. Otherwise we would have all cleared in 6 months unless you have aids

[studyforhope]

When were you first diagnosed with hep b?

[mike9111]

In 1996 when we moved to USA I was in high school at age 16. I donated blood and I received a letter in mail saying I can't donate. We didn't really take it seriously and no further testing was done. Then in 2006 I did another test just to learn more about it then my journey begin with tests etc...

[studyforhope]

Ok that points to infection at birth. If your mom is still alive, why not test her for the presence of anti core antibodies, to further clarify the origin of your infection?

[mike9111]

I tried but mom is one of these few who don't really believe in medicine and testing. I will go with her next time and ask the doctor to test her.

[Airquake]

Looks like you are doing great. I'm just only surprised about low count of SAG in comparison to DNA. (151 vs 1647 respectively). Normally I've seen SAG higher than DNA. Just an observation. Good luck!

[mike9111]

The way I understood it there is no correlation between hbv DNA and hbsag quantitative. All they say from research if you hbsag less than 1000 and hbv DNA less than 2000 then you have a good prognosis of healthy life.

From all research I did I'm not very optemistic because my hbv DNA fluctuate from 1000 to 20000 and ultrasound show coarsened liver although I'm 174 lbs. so I think damage is happening but they say fibroscan is low 5.5 kpa.

In summary there is a lot still in the hbv field still hidden. Even for the most experienced doctors as the info they have from previous research are proven wrong on many occasions.

One story that might inspire you is barcelona ex star abidal who have hbv read his story