Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
- Published in liver diseases Infection of hepatitis B may be cleared from the body and may go to chronic infection ... What Is Chronic Hepatitis B Infection ... Overview: Hepatitis B is the virus that predominantly affects the liver ... There are various routes of hepatitis B infection … View thread
I have chronic hepatitis B with viral load of 6 million IU/ml. Am I at danger?
- Answered in Medical Gastroenterology Hello doctor, I am currently diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B ... Chronic hepatitis B, HBeAg positive disease ... Is any family history of hepatitis B … View thread
Novel Approaches to Managing Chronic Hepatitis B and C in Primary Care
- Published in Common Medical Conditions Millions of individuals worldwide have chronic (long-term) HBV and HCV, which can cause the risk of cirrhosis (chronic liver damage), liver cancer, and liver failure ... Introduction Hepatitis B and hepatitis C (HBV and HCV) infect the liver and frequently propagate as blood-borne pathogens worldwide ... Which Patients Require Intervention for Chronic Hepatitis B and C Infection in Primary Care … View thread
Adefovir Dipivoxil - Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Warnings, and Precautions
- Published in Drug and Supplements This medication helps to treat a chronic viral infection of the liver, like hepatitis B, in individuals twelve years of age and older ... Indications of Adefovir Dipivoxil: It is indicated for treating chronic viral liver infection (hepatitis B) in people 12 years and older ... Therefore, its development was discontinued in December 1999 for HIV patients, but it continued for hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is effective with a much lower dose of 10 milligrams … View thread
Glecaprevir and Pibrentasvir - Indications, Contraindications, Dosage, and Precautions
- Published in Drug and Supplements It is used in chronic hepatitis C virus cases ... The hepatitis C virus can cause acute and chronic hepatitis ... Overview Glecaprevir is a hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein protease inhibitor suggested by AbbVie and Enanta Pharmaceuticals … View thread
Peginterferon Alfa-2a - Uses, Mechanism of Action, Contraindications, and Precautions
- Published in Drug and Supplements Uses of Peginterferon Alfa-2a: Peginterferon alfa-2a is indicated in treating the following conditions: Chronic Hepatitis C - Peginterferon alfa-2a, alone or in combination with other drugs, is indicated for treating chronic hepatitis C in five years of age and older who have liver disease and have not been previously treated with interferon-alpha ... Overview: Peginterferon alfa-2a is a modified form of the human interferon and is used to treat hepatitis C and B viruses by stimulating the innate antiviral response of the body … View thread
Is viral hepatitis a sexually transmitted disease?
- Answered in Internal Medicine What I understand is that your cousin is suffering from chronic hepatitis ... It is commonly chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis C ... Hello doctor, My 26 year old cousin is suffering from viral hepatitis since the last two years ... If he marries, will he transfer the disease to his wife even if she is already vaccinated against hepatitis … View thread
- Answered in General Medicine You have chronic hepatitis and we need to find out the cause for that ... Chronic hepatitis may progress to cancer and so evaluation is important … View thread
Abdominal ultrasound showed enlarged liver and diffuse coarse structure. Please help.
- Answered in Medical Gastroenterology The causes can be alcohol, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, chronic hepatitis B, and C ... In such case, I would advise you to get liver function test, anti-HCV (hepatitis C virus) antibody, HBsAg, In case these reports are normal, and you do not consume alcohol, it means you have a non-alcoholic fatty liver disease … View thread
Can I completely get rid of HBV in six months?
- Answered in Medical Gastroenterology Do I have acute or chronic ... More than 90 % of patients with acute hepatitis B recover completely and do not progress to chronic hepatitis B ... If your HBsAg (hepatits B antigen) was positive on the second occasion, but negative 53 days before that, you have acute Hepatitis B infection … View thread