I have medical report of my latest ultrasound which is making me really anxious.
My LFTs came back normal and in green. Specifically ALT- 16
Hbv load reduced from 16000iu in dec 2022 to 5000iu in feb 2023 and 3470iu in April 2023
My abdominal ultrasound scan reported a “Mildly dilated CBD which dilated from 6mm to 7mm”
Considering my young age of 31 i am really worried
Pancreas was given within limits
No gallstones detected
I also did a CRP test to test for inflammation to check for IBD and it came our normal as well. I do have slight discomfort in my left side of abdomen but nothing on right side.
I dont have jaundice or blood in stools.
Should i be worried of the dilated CBD?
Can this be a cancer of pancreas or Bile duct cancer?
Recently I went for USG abdomen and Endoscopy and seeing the result of all those, my doctors said that all my organs are normal and my liver enzymes are also within the limits
Getting answers about our labs can keep us on edge. I just wanted to let you know that one of the experts will get to your post once they are available, but there may be some delay. Sometimes the experts are at conferences, on personal leave, have family emergencies or sometimes are just plain busy with their professional jobs.
I want to thank you ahead of time for your patience.
Dear @mike, you should be talking to your doctor about your test results given they were run for some reason. With regards to the HBV markers, these results are consistent with a current HBV infection (HBsAg-positive).
Hi puallyHBV
Sorry for coming back to you. I have just realized I left two of your questions unanswered. 1.the volume of the liver that was reseted
2.type of surgery, whether laparoscopic or open
I have visited my hospital record and it indicates 10cm×11cm part of my liver was removed. The surgery was open surgery with an incision running from the middle of the libs by their side on the right side for 17 cm.
Kinoti
Hello members, My HBeAg as of 11/5/23 is positive with a value of 5.291. Compared to 29/7/22 was 724.851. Please share your thoughts what is the chances of becoming negative in near future, how soon should i go for another test again. Any who’s negative recently please share what was your positive result value before it eventually turn negative. I am 30 years all diagnose in 2021. Got the virus horizontally at the age of 29 i guess.
Hi beinghealthy
According to your viral load and the various guidelines, I think you’re supposed to initiate treatment. However, i hope your doctor will be in position to give the best advice.
Kinoti
I would add to Kinoti’s comments that current treatment guidelines about when to start therapy for chronic HBV infection may vary depending on where you live in the world. Also the threshold for normal ALT also varies from region to region.
It may be that your ALT (a marker for liver function status and or immune activity against infection in the liver) is normal in your part of the world or only above normal by a very small margin.
Note that 1 and 2 are the same test but with the test result being expressed in a different numerical format (linear versus logarithmic).
Some doctors may suggest starting therapy whereas others many suggest another round of testing in a few months to see how stable your current low level of infection is.
Hello dr. and members this is my HBeAg result of 29/7/22 and 13/5/23 it looks like it has drastically came down. If the value goes down at this level can i expect to become negative in the next 3 months.
Please advise. Thanks .
I’m not sure that anyone knows what the probability of HBeAg-seroconversion is given these results. The only way to check is continue monitoring as advised by your doctor.
Hello, please tell me, I have hepatitis b, fibrosis 3-4, 11kpa,
platelets before treatment were 105,
three months ago I started treatment with entecaair 0.5, platelets dropped 85.
could it be because of an antiviral drug ?
Hello @ThomasTu thanks for always sharing your knowledge, i am just wondering will it stuck at this given value no. Or it will only continue going down if i continued taking meds. I am very anxious about HBeAg because its has to do with career.
