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When Hep B mutates

When the Hep B virus mutates into a different strain, would a healthy immune system still be able to deal with it?
I'm talking about when the virus develops resistance to all the available treatment drugs.
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Hmm... I hear the phrase "weakened immune system" a lot, and it seems some people can fight/effectively prevent diseases without any meds while others need it. I think that's indication that many people do not have a optimally functioning immune system. Even among HepB carriers who were infected since they were very young, not everybody's viral loads get ridiculously high.
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Probably not because you can't really "raise" your immune system.  It is what it is.  Once the virus overcome your immune system's bag of tricks, that's it...virus stays.
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Yes, it's a very bad thing. So assuming someone were able to raise their immune defenses significantly through a change of lifestyle, would their immune system be able to combat HBV's different mutated forms by itself, or no?
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181575 tn?1250198786
Your immune system could be healthy but the Hep B virus is a evolution machine.  It is in a constant state of trying to evolve / mutate away from any type of control, be it your immune system or treatment drugs.  So any successful mutation by the virus is not a good thing.
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When the virus can exist, the immune system is not healthy.
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