how to interpret HBsAg with titer eclia

[michaelyuri]

hey guys!

Can somebody help me to interpret my HBsAg with titer eclia? last Sept 11, 2008 and just recently Dec 2,2008 i took the exam. The results were like this: Sept  11, 2008 HBsAg with titer eclia=1,279 reactive,  Dec 2,2008 HBsAg with titer eclia=1,500 reactive still, Anti HBs= nonreactive on both dates. I am a chronic inactive carrier. what do they mean? are the results indicative of a favorable condition  or is it the opposite?

i really do hope if someone is gonna interpret it well. thanks and more power,

michaelyuri

[michaelyuri]

I just visited my gastroenterologist and she said i should take zeffix lamivudine 100mg tablet for 2 years. She said if my body reacts well with the medicine then the viral load will lessen. If it doesn't then the virus would mutate so i  should take another treatment.

I forgot to ask this question to my gastro. Is lamivudine a trigger for mutation if your body doesnt react well with the treatment? she said if will increase the viral load if my body cant react well. Is it better not to treat hepa b with lamivudine since i dont feel anything at all and exposing my liver with this drug could somehow improve or lessen the viral load?

[cajim]

If you choose treatment, lamivudine is not the best choice.

[michaelyuri]

so what can you suggest? should i not treat this with lamivudine? Or  will i just leave it be considering that i don't feel anything at all?

[cajim]

Entecavir is more potent with less resistance headache.

[michaelyuri]

what can you say about my treatment?

[zellyf]

Lamivudine is no longer recommended as a first line monotherapy.