INTRODUCTION THREAD: People affected by Hep B

Dear @Babson,

Welcome to the community and thanks for sharing your story. It must have been a shock to find out this way about your status. If you are having symptoms, you should definitely visit your doctor to find out what is going on.

It is also advisable to get a liver specialist to keep you under monitoring, as the virus can reactivate without warning. They will also be able to assess your liver damage over time (for example, using fibroscan) to make sure you are keeping healthy.

Regarding the use of herbal supplements, there are no proven supplements that can fight Hep B. Even more importantly, some of these supplements can even hurt your liver and make it fail (some people have died after taking them). Please take care and avoid taking these. There have been other discussions about these issues on the board here:

Hope this helps,
Thomas