Hepatitis B Support Group

Hi,
Your viral load is very low. You need to check you ALT and AST, if they are normal I don't think you should hurry to start treatment. Once you start treatment and develop resistance to it then you don't really have other options. You should have a biopsy done, this way you know if there is any liver damage. I've had the hep b since 1994 and I only started treatmen 1.5 yrs. ago. My dr. did lab work and ultra sound every six months, and when I had a big flare she recomended treatment.
Good luck.

I'm sorry, but i just double check your viral load again. Did you mean 250,000 or 250. If it's 250, it is low. If it's the other one, it is slightly high, depends on your ALT and AST. When ALT is high that's when damage is being done to the liver. You really need to find good hepatologist.

I had hep b may yrs ago and my body built up anit bodies to it, but I am still going to get the hep b vaccine for that and hep a vaccine, and now I am starting tx on interferon for hep C.my vl is 2 million but I am told that is very low.

I was in Oahu and the appointments are long. My intial viral count was 144K which they told me that it was low. I was also born with it and my mother passed away from it. For a while I did not know much about it and didn't bother me until last year.

They are right about your ALT and another good sign would be a low platlet count. But if you had it from birth, then you may want to get it checked out. It took 30 yrs for me to show any signs but I almost died due to esophiagel Varices. Thank God my fiance was their to take me to the ER. I also suggest no more alcohol or ease on the tylenol. I even quit smoking.