I was diagnosed with HCV in 2013, and received triple therapy to clear the virus. I have cleared the virus and I am HCV free at the age of 35 for almost 2 years now. Before treatment I did fibroscan and received result of f3, at the age of 33.
When I was doing the tests for HCV I was also tested for HBV and had the following results in 2013:
HBsAg - 0.428 COI - Non-reactive
HBsAb - <2 IU/L - Not immune
Hepatitis B Anti "e" Antibodies - 0.72 - Reactive
Hepatitis B e-Antigen - 0.137 COI - Non-reactive
Hepatitis B Core IGM 0.03 - Non-reactive
At that time doctor said this is inconclusive, but most likely I have cleared the virus on my own. He did not do further testing and was concentrated on treating my HCV.
Today my liver profile is normal, HCV is gone but digging through old medical reports I came up with my HBV reports and started wondering if I have that silent mutant type of HBV still and maybe my liver is still getting damage? I read that you can have normal ALT/AST and negative antigens and still have the HBV virus damaging your liver. Why didn't my doctor do further investigation on HBV? Should I resume the HBV investigations? Do another round of tests and fibroscan?