HBsAg Reactive

[ali256]

Sir for a job medical in 2005 i found incidently that

HBsAg +  ,   LFTs normal ,  HBeAg  Negative and HBe antibody positive

i had no problems with my health and still i am fit but now again in 2011 for another job medical my labs are as under

HBsAg Positive ,  HBs Ab Negative , HBc Ab Positive , HBeAg Negative ,  HBe Ab Positive , LFTs Normal and
PCR for HBV DNA ( Quantitative ) Negative

Now this HBsAg positive status is becoming a problem for my job abroad ,  how can i get it negative .. i am ready to take any medicines .. how about getting vaccine... interferon ... just want to get rid of this HBsAg please help me please

[ali256]

thanks a lot
i was waiting for your reply since the time i had inj pegasys 3 days ago
first day was awful and now feeling almost normal

[ali256]

yes the unit is iu/ml
is that the right strategy
what do u think

[stef2011]

20.23, and the unit is iu/ml?

hbsag should go und by 24 weeks, add hbv vaccine when hbsag goes und

[ali256]

hbsag + since 2005
anti hbs -
hbeag -
anti hbe +
alt and ast normal
hbv dna less than 116 copies / ml ( undetectable )

HBsAg quantitaive from 19 to 13.4 then 16 and now 20.23 over last one year
No treatment taken

Now have started with
-PEG interferon 180 mcg once weekly
-Alinia 2gm daily in divided doses
-Vit D
-Simvastatin 20 mg daily

tolerated the first inj well
and continuing with the rest of meds

[newtr]

but check hbsag and cbc and report, it will be useful to predict future response.

[ali256]

yea its not that expensive
is it expected to come down so early
can be discouraging