i find out that i have hepatitis B
i dont hepa profile and sgpt and sgot..
accoring to the doctor my liver enzymes is normal.
and just advice me to take essensially forte 3 times a day..is it helpfull to me?
but recently i feel pain in my right side which this is were my liver located..
is it normal or i need to go to doctor to consult this?please advice me
thanks you very much
Thanks a lot Steven and Cocksparrow...Your answers gave us great relief and hope. Thanks again...
CS provided excellent info and resources. I would like to further clarify the shots that CS mentioned will PREVENT your baby from being infected with the HepB virus. So the baby would have a 95% chance of nothing getting HepB at all. Just ask your MD to prep for the shots, remind them right before delivery and after delivery. So I don't think you have to worry.
Your wife probably does need to monitor her chronic HepB regularly for life (or until they find a cure, hopefully soon :) Your wife is probably an inactive carrier, which is great. She should also check her viral DNA to monitor for disease re-activation, which does happen for some inactive carriers, especially as they get older. Take care and good luck!
Being diagnosed with Hepatitis is a little scary isn’t it, especially when it involves a loved one.
While I have had HepB and cleared it thankfully (Having HepB and HepC together is not a good thing), I don’t know that much about it.
The good news is that your wifes bloods look good and ALTs are well within the normal range, mine are between 100-200, but then I have HepC rather than HepB
Your baby would have an excellent chance of NOT developing Chronic Hepatitis B If the following two medications are given immediately in the delivery room (or within the first 12 hours of life), then there is more than a 95% chance that a newborn will avoid a chronic HBV infection:
Hepatitis B Vaccine - first dose of the vaccine series
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) - 1 or 2 dose
See the following link http://www.hepb.org/patients/pregnacy_and_hbv.htm
While there are drugs used to treat HBV, I don’t think there is much in the way of an actual cure.
Interferon can eliminate the virus in some but this is not guaranteed.
I would suggest educating yourself on the virus. The following links would be good starting points
http://www.hepb.org/
http://www.medicinenet.com/hepatitis_b/article.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hepatitis-b/DS00398/DSECTION=8
http://www.hbvadvocate.org/
Hope this eases some of your fears.
CS