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Is Hepatitis b cureable Mar 10, 2006 I have recent discover that I may have a change of having hepatitis b. My main question is can this be cure and I could move on no matter what stage they find it at. meaning will I be cure or will I have to live with this the rest of my life and it gets worst. and is hepatitis b only detected by doing blood test or can it also be detected by a pap smear Thanks for the help. |
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| Response from Dr. McGovern
 Hepatitis B is detected through a simple blood test. Hepatitis B virus can be suppressed effectively with good medications. Sometimes patients can continue to have suppression when they come off medications as well. However, I don't use the word cure, because hepatitis B remains "latent" (sleeps in the body) for your lifetime. Dr. M | ||||||||
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