Info on HEP B carriers

Hi There:

My husband was diagnosed as a HBV carrier last year during a volunteery blood donation.  We had no clue what it is until then.  He was immdiately sent to the Doc for more checkup.  I don't know the exact result of his LAb (As he is very upset on this topic, and I dont want to force him to show me his labs).  but what is Know is this -

1.  He is now 39 year old
2.  He is asymptomatic - no symptoms at all
3.  Continuous lab of ALT and AST level are normal (he is been checking every 6 months now for last 1 and1/2 years)
4.  Continuous lab of Liver ultrasound showed no damage/problem on the liver.
5.  He is following up with a GP, and not referred to a Specialist.
6. He recently mentioned that his doc has said that his results are pretty unchangeable/no flactuation.  So that is a good sign.
7.  His 2 other siters have it.

I am very very worried for my husband's health.  Eventhough he is fine at the moment, can i counter that he will be fine most of his life?  And one more question, he was told that he is a Carrier, but his doctor didnt mention anything like INACTIVE carrier... is there any difference between the two?  On the internet I see a lot of topics on Inactive Carriers... is that the same term as HBV cariiers?  We have 2 very young kids, and I am looking for some answers.  Please help!!

[stef2011]

be aware majority of docotors are ignorant on hbv, do find a very good center/expert

He is asymptomatic - no symptoms at all
hbv is silent killer, you have no synthoms with cirrhosis and liver cancer too but you are closer to death.most people don t know is infected, synthoms develop sometime only on people that clears imfection

Continuous lab of ALT and AST
if lower than 30 are normal

Continuous lab of Liver ultrasound showed no damage/problem on the liver.
US detects only liver cancer (not even early cirrhosis) so it must be made every 6 months for cancer prevention, only fibroscan detects liver damage which is called fibrosis

He is following up with a GP, and not referred to a Specialist.
very bad, specialist are sometimes ignorant, doctors are by far more ignorant than people on this community

He recently mentioned that his doc has said that his results are pretty unchangeable/no flactuation.  So that is a good sign.
post all liver pannel, hbsag quantity in iu/ml (cov, s/n, s/co all useless) and hbvdna pcr in iu/ml, fibroscan and alt are the most important to see if he is inactive carrier or inactive phase

check here for more knowledge about hbv
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Hepatitis/HepB-Introduction--Welcome-Page/show/34?cid=153

http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Hepatitis/the-general-book-of-ignorance-about-hepatitis-B/show/1152?cid=153
book of ignorance is for doctors but good for us too