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Chances of hbv carrier since birth getting active?
What is the possibility/chances of a inactive carrier who got it from the mother at birth ever becoming active (currently age 22)? At the moment HBV DNA is undetected and hbeag-, hbeab+. I know cancer therapy and immunosuppression can cause activation but what is the possibility of activation without any immunosupression or cancer treatment?
I understand its hard to give a definite answer but im getting too many mixed answers so wanted all your opinions on this. Is there a very high possibility of it getting active? Or of any liver damage or related health issues? Would it bring significant health issues later on in life despite treatment if it gets active?
I understand its hard to give a definite answer but im getting too many mixed answers so wanted all your opinions on this. Is there a very high possibility of it getting active? Or of any liver damage or related health issues? Would it bring significant health issues later on in life despite treatment if it gets active?
I will answer as best as I can, because my situation may be similar to what you are asking. While I do not know if I had it at birth or not (my father says my mother never had Hep B as far as he knows).. I do know that I have a Chronic case which even still today, I do not know how I got.
There are many ways I could have contracted it. From at birth, to a dirty dentist needle early in life to anything the exposed me to it the first 5 years of life. However, I never knew I had it until it went "active" in me in 2013.
With that said, I took no cancer treatments or immunosupression of any sort. If I were to guess how it went active, I would say from all the alcoholic drinks I had in a very short time period of the past 5 years (2008-2013). That right there would destroy your immune system. Luckily, I learned my lesson but it was learned the hard way. Thankfully, I have no liver damage but what this did to me was weaken me. That weakness was combated with lots of vitamin D3 (and still is today).
Essentially, my suggestion is to stay away from alcohol, drugs (I have never taken any OTC pain pills again like motrin, aspirin, etc since this started) and limit or eliminate the bad foods... especially foods from fast food places, or deep fried food.
There are many ways I could have contracted it. From at birth, to a dirty dentist needle early in life to anything the exposed me to it the first 5 years of life. However, I never knew I had it until it went "active" in me in 2013.
With that said, I took no cancer treatments or immunosupression of any sort. If I were to guess how it went active, I would say from all the alcoholic drinks I had in a very short time period of the past 5 years (2008-2013). That right there would destroy your immune system. Luckily, I learned my lesson but it was learned the hard way. Thankfully, I have no liver damage but what this did to me was weaken me. That weakness was combated with lots of vitamin D3 (and still is today).
Essentially, my suggestion is to stay away from alcohol, drugs (I have never taken any OTC pain pills again like motrin, aspirin, etc since this started) and limit or eliminate the bad foods... especially foods from fast food places, or deep fried food.
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