Hepatitis current investigation and management

[Tayo17675]

what role is the use of interferon in the management of hepatitis B disease- a cure or just a treatment option?

what role do anti-retroviral drugs like tenofovir,lamivudine or emtricitabine play in the management of hepatitis b infection?

are there specialised training centers in the globe where physician can go for short courses program on current management of liver problems generally as physician

How do you differentiate an infected patient from an immunised client serologically

[stef2011]

only hbsab with negative hbsag, this means immune to hbv

your status is infected and if also hbcab igm is negative cronically infected

[joc2011]

Hey Stef. My initial test results said i was having HBCAB positive. BUt HBSAB negative with HBSAG positive. Which is really more important: HBSAB or HBCAB?

[stef2011]

as posted already there is only one cure which is sequential treatment with tenofovir and peginterferon add on after 1-3 years.hbvdna intrahepatic needs to be suppressed as much as possible and hbvdna in serum undetactable to rescue some immune response so that peginterferon response is 90% or higher

monotherapies are all a failure, they are not a hbv cure and they just stop liver damage by lowering hbv replication

How do you differentiate an infected patient from an immunised client serologically

hbsab>10miu/ml only, immune by vaccine
hbsab>10miu/ml with hbcab positive too, immune after hbv clearance

cronic infected patients
detactable hbsag
undetactable hbcab igm