HEP B Virus

[Bee55]

if both partners have HEP B and no antibody, and/or one have antibody AND mutated HEP B, can unprotected sex increase viral count in both, and does that increase damage to the liver?

[stef2011]

as for therapy consider and find as much info as possible on interferon and nitazoxanide and avoid antivirals that work on hbvdna

there is a new interferon which is a little more potent and with less sides by the combo of these drugs you might have chances to eradicate hbv, both drugs are active on hbsag wild type or mutated, they don t make mutations or resistance, and can be stopped.i guess only having two genotypes mixed (i mean the a,b,c,d genotypes) might be a different situation from the reports of trials in lowering hbsag

i have also read, but i don t know if this is your case, that patients with hbsag mutations have lower levels and this makes eradication by alinia (nitazoxanide) and interferon much easier and faster.ask for hbsag, hbcag and cccdna/intraepatic hbvdna quantification by biopsies, this is a test which can be easily made in any hbv research university/hospital and do save your biopsies so that when more tests are available you don t need to remake them

[April63]

Very interesting point. Thank you, Stefano. :)

[Bee55]

thanks stefano, good to  know. my fiance will see his doctor in a couple of weeks (he just had a biopsy done today - mine was couple of weeks ago) and see if we can get the genotype identified through a test-lab his doctor can refer us to, hoping near by. We are in Idaho. If that results in more questions, and we need to have tested further for mutations, I will ask you then for names you  know. I really appreciate your help, you are a huge source of info, and this is sooo confusing to me...so I am a little scared, but hopeful, too, that there are some possibilities out there.
thanks again, I will stay online and read, and learn what I can for the time being.

[stef2011]

there is competition for liver cells between hbv and hcv, hcv is able to suppress hbv, this might be the reason
in boston conference i read a study on this the found the hcv substance which suppress hbv

[April63]

And I forgot to add that I had my vaccination against B virus only around 15 years ago.-April.

[April63]

Hello, I've been reading this thread about virus B transmission between HBV carriers and I have one related question. Maybe someone will be able to help me out. Is there a scientific explanation  why there is a low risk of transmission in long term relationships? It's seem rather peculiar,don't you think? My partner of 30 years (my husband) and I have had unprotected sex for many years. His infection is one with moderate hbvdna level ( 350 000 IU/ml). I'm very happy I didn't get HBV from him. On the same note he didn't get my HCV. None of our 2 children didn't get our viruses. I'm very,very happy. Don't get me wrong but I would like to know why? I can't be just a lucky coincidence. Is there a scientific explanation of this? Thank you kindly for your answers.