How To Manage HBV When You Have Hiv

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Strategies for Managing Opportunistic Infections

Introduction Opportunistic Infections and HIV Disease Preventing Infections in the First Place Treating Infections as They Occur Preventive Treatment for OIs Maintenance Therapy A Final Word on Strategies for Managing Opportunistic Infections List of AIDS-Defining OIs from the Centers for Disease Control Introduction HIV ( human immunodeficiency virus ) infects the cells of your body's immune system. It then impairs how...

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Acute Hiv/Hbv infection

If a person was recently infected with both hiv/hbv, (3 months)what would you recommend they do in terms of starting hiv treatment. Do you think a person who was simultaneously infected would have the immune responce to clear the hep? Would...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Treatment of acute HIV infection is the recommendation from most HIV specialists. If the regimen included 3TC and tenofovir then the hepatitis B co-infection would also likely be well managed. Data as to whether the immune recovery seen with HIV... Read more »

Treatment for HBV & HIV Coinfected Patient

Dear Mr.Young, I'm an HBV & HIV coinfected 31 years old male.HBV has been found in my body about 19 years and HIV has just been found positive.CD-4 measured 15 days ago was 534. Should I start treatment now? what kind of medicines do...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Privet and thanks for your post from Central Asia!There are a number of parameters that dictate when (and what) to start treatment for HIV and hepatitis B. First, it should be established if you have circulating HBV or just have antibodies to the... Read more »

HIV/HBV/HCV triple infection

I have all 3 viruses.HBV DNA is undetectable with Tenofovir/FTC and together with Nevirapine,my HIV is undetectable also.I was diagnosed with both of these in 1990.I am monitored every 4 months at the hospital and in March 2009 my liver function...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Since you had newly elevated liver tests, recent acquisition and a falling HCV RNA down to 6,276 just before treatment, I would be inclined to only treat for 24 weeks. This level is extremely low and your immune system was obviously working to... Read more »

HIV - HBV Question

I was recently infected with HIV and subsequent tests have also determined I have HBV. I was diagnosed during the HIV acute phase, with what the doctor said was the typical mononucleosis style symptoms I had. At that time the HBV testing had not...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

For your HIV question I refer you to the HIV forum for further information. I should make clear that yes you are right that in chronic infection, treatment is started when CD4 cells are less than 350. However, in acute (new) infection, there is some... Read more »

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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... Read more »

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 »

HIV and HBV infection. If you have adice!!

Posted by pozz_in_SA

I would like to hear from people in the same boat as myself. I have to go and see my dr today again for additional tests and then to decide what to do next. As you can imagine I am shit scared and would like to get as much possible info. What meds... Read more »

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The UCSF Center for HIV Information (CHI) is a faculty-directed program of the Department of Medicine with a remarkably successful track record for developing key information resources on... Read more »

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