Understanding my results

[staseilgakase]

Hi,

I have received letter from the hospital today and it says i will need to do liver biopsy and some more blood tests before i can get answers. There was a note in this letter: Blood results  show ALT 43, hep B DNA 10060, log 4.0 (eAG negative).

My questions are:

Is my ALT normal?
Hep B DNA is it high?
What log means?

Thank you in advance.

Stase

[staseilgakase]

Thanks for your replay.
For the last 5-6 months i have been feeling very tired, pain in joints and right side of the body, have daily fever  hence went to see my doctor.
I'll admit i'm a bit scared to do biopsy, but i have waited for few months now to get some answers and i think i will do biopsy as it will be quicker...

Stase

[bhagwankabanda]

Hi Stase,
Your Alt levels are not normal but that doesn't mean you should do Liver Biopsy.
You might want to check the welcome page here:
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Hepatitis/HepB-Introduction--Welcome-Page/show/34?cid=153

Also LOG is one of the units of measurement for hepB DNA: http://www.hepb.org/pdf/hbv_dna.pdf

4 Log seems like 10,000 copies/ml which is not that high. Try to find FIBROSCAN m/c that is an alternative to Liver Biopsy and just like UltraSound (no invasive operation, simple scanning and more effective).

Try to visit a hepatologist (Doctor for Hepatitis) and check for details, you can avoid Liver Biopsy by doing Fibroscan (if needed). Viral load doesn't seem to be high.