I think you are acute...what are the results of your blood test?  If you contracted the virus 5 years ago and didn't produce antibodies that means you are chronic for life...but you are inactive carrier which means you do not need treatment just yet.  However, you need to do a blood test every 6 months which looks for your AST and ALT as well as a alphafetoprotein test which can detect cancer.. You should also do an ultrasound 6-12 months in a year.  

Post your results and we can help you better.

I have been diagnosed with hepatitis b this month. been told that I am just an inactive carrier. my viral load not detected. i suspect i contacted this virus 5 years a go. my question is do you think five years is enough to reach the stage where i am at (i.e., inactive carrier with undetected virus in my blood) or you think i have been having this virus way above 5 years. i am 35 and i never been on treatment.

I am really scared of this Nasty virus (not been able to sleep at all. have to use sleeping pills which is not good).

Please if someone out there has similar situation please contact me just to calm each other down and try to find way to solve such complex situation. Here is my email address: J_omyan***@****

In Hepatitis B, most people seroconvert to E antigen negative at some point in their lives. Its the conversion to S antigen negative that is in the 1-2% range.

Hi,

I am not sure if you are correct about that SHawn....the info about the lesser your DNA could be a bad indicator of liver damage.  I think if he is e-antigen negative...it could be that he is one of those 2-3% of people who miracously seroconvert and get rid of the virus on their own.  What you need to look at is ALT and AST and do a ALP test as well as an ultrasound.

E antigen negative means that the virus is not 'actively' reproducing so you would expect to have a very low viral count.

This is a good sign as current treatment is to get you to seroconvert from E antigen positive to negative. You did it naturally.

Basically it is a good thing and you are considered to be of 'very low infectivity'.

My dad has lived with my mum and me for about 25 years, there are no signs of hep B viruses in his blood tests. regarding your virus loads either your virus was inactive for most of the time, or it could be a bad news... I think I read somewhere that when a hep virus sufferer's liver has reach the stage of cirrhosis, the number of virus copy will reduce because the fibrosistic cells has slow or blocked off blood flows in the liver.

I would suggest you go see a liver specialist and get a biopsy done to  check the current status of your liver. My mother is already into her 50s without medication, she even had a intestinal surgery recently, yet she's still very energetic. I think this is because she doesn't drink or smoke, eat lots of greens and very little meat, and do a lot of house work. (I rarely see her taking a break)
For me it's a different case, I started drinking and smoking when I was still in primary school. I had a liver biopsy May this year, and the result wasn't very suprising, I got stage 2 fibrosis even though I was on 2 years of Lavmivudine treatment. So now I've changed my life style, no smoking or drinking, eating lots of greens and fruits, drink a lot of water and fruit juice as possible, avoiding red meat as much as possible and eat sea foods instead.

you are very fortunate that the wife has remained negative after all these yrs.  I am not sure if the viral load increases with time or if it means anything in hep b infection.  It looks like you fall into the minority who becomes chronically infected with hep b. did you become infected in childbirth?  it seems that hep b is more likely to turn chronic with vertical transmission.
here is one interesting article that explains the virus
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic992.htm
I hope you get some answers soon. Have you seen a hepatologist? who ordered the viral test? You should be following up with another appointment so that he can explain things to you better.
best to you

Sorry to hear that but I only know about Hep C.  Someone may come on and post an answer for you.

Beagle