stef my greatest worry is the mere that fact that in Ghana there are no known liver specialists who know these things. A lot more people around are only into herbal medicines.. drugs which i read over here are not even heard of in Ghana. and if they existed very very expensive. i really hope the pains i feel diminish because no other symptom is showing itself
i have no symptoms or whatsoever just constant pain at my upper right abdomen.. i feel blotted. and it pains.
your dna is extremely low but this has no meaning as regards hbv infection or liver damage.this may just reflect a good immune response
hbeag negative and hbeab negative, this also means a good immune response and probably a precore/bcp mutation not yet present but it wil develop if no treatment
the problem is you did the most useless and complementary tests missing the main important tests to know your status and predict if you will clear hbv infection on treatments,
"just one thing absolutely certain antivirals are useless in your case because hbvdna is already low" and they will suppress your little immune response probably presnet now
so to know what is your status you need the main hbv tests:
hbsag quantity in iu/ml, this reflects the number of infected cells in your liver and your immune response to hbv.if it is less than 1500iu/ml hbv can be cleared definitively by peginterferon treatment
fibroscan, the only test to monitor and show liver damage
without these two main tests we know nothing about your status.also remember hbv infection is complex and it is not hbv to make damage to us, it makes no damage, so it is important to get a good liver specialist because most have less knowledge than many of us members of this forum and will just put you on useless antivirals for you
If you are experiencing problems then why don't you consult a good liver specialist for treatment?Before the situation gets more worse you should immediately start your treatment.Don't get depressed so much,if you start taking medicines by now, you should be able to recover.Your viral load is quite high so start taking antivirals after consulting a good doctor.