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Hepatitis Hbv
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Hepatitis B HBV LoadI am a patient of Hepatitis B positive. I have received the HBV Quantitative Report. The result is 565IU/ml and Log10 is 2.097. What doe's it mean? How long it will take to reach the dangerous levels?...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Both of those HBV viral load values are expressing the same number in a different mathematical way, and indicate your viral load is very low. The viral load could stay low like for a long time or increase over time. This is hard to predict. However,...
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Hepatitis Vaccine (HBV)/ Viral LoadsI'm a HC professional who's would like to get updated info on the prominence of viral... Read more »HBV Viral Load and having HBV for 40 yrsI have had HBV for 40 years, transfusion of tainted blood at birth. I have a viral load count of... Read more »
Articles
Treatment of Chronic HBV in HIV-Coinfected PatientsHepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV share similar routes of transmission. As a consequence, up to 80 percent of HIV-infected patients have serological markers of present or past HBV infection. The prevalence of HIV-infected persons carrying hepatitis B... Read more »
Hepatitis B Vaccine Decreases Hepatitis B Incidence in Cohort of Drug UsersRecent research from Italy showed that the incidence of hepatitis B infection decreased, due to anti-HBV vaccination, in a cohort of drug users followed over 15 years. "In the Western world," the scientists wrote, "the population at the highest risk... Read more »
Other Viral Hepatitis InfectionsHepatitis A Hepatitis B Other viral hepatitis infections Hepatitis A Hepatitis A (HAV) is found in faeces (stool). People become infectedwhen faeces from an infected person enters theirmouth. This may occur when food (including raw... Read more »
Viral Hepatitis and HIVHepatitis B What Is Hepatitis B and How Is It Transmitted? Hepatitis B is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV is a noncytopathic virus, meaning that it does not cause direct damage to liver cells. Instead, it is the immune system's... Read more »
Connect With Others
Co-infection HIV-HBV chronic
Posted by MPL1160
I am looking to connect with other coinfected with HBV chronic and share experience and info. I am in the NY metropolitan area but not necessarily looking for people in the same area. Anyone interested can either thread or email me direct at...
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HBV Vaccine What can I expect?
Posted by ConcernBlkMan, 2 Replies
First timer here! Just wanted to know what can I expect when taking the HBV Vaccine. I'm about to start next month. I would like to hear, what can I expect? Are there any side effect and how was your T-cell response to this vaccine? Any info you...
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Multi-infections of HBV, HCV, HIV+
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
This sounds like science fiction, but.....I have infected with HBV for around 20 years or so. The same applies to Hiv+. HCV occured about 16 years ago. I have no trouble with either of the HCV or HBV after initial liver enzyme elevation and... Read more » Pegasys for HBV
Posted by shannon, 2 Replies
Hey ya'll!My friend, David, is going to start Pegasys to treat his Hep B this week. I have read some scary stuff about the side effects. has anyone got any experience to share or any advice about handling it? Thanks, Shannon Read more »
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