Congrats for the negative test result. Did you take TDF or TAF? How long did you take it along with vegetables, fruits and tea?
Before the start of the herbal medicines i took 3 dose of hepatitis b vaccine called Engerix b. It was recommended by my Doctor. Then i immediayely started the herbal medicine. It took me about 1 year and 6 months. Hepatitis b treatment takes long it depends on your condition. The herbal medicines works slowely but it is affective. But if should incase im recommending the actual medicines i took i can now know the affectives one that God used to cure me.
Lastly to God be the Glory, God is the great healer i was praying always to God the creator to have mercy upon me and heal me. So God used the herbal medicines to cure me completely.
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Dear @Benitopi,
It’s great to hear that you were able to avoid HBV infection. It is important to get the vaccination and it is really effective. The other herbal supplements have limited evidence in their effectiveness in preventing HBV, but as long as you have kept your doctor informed to make sure it does not interact with other medications you might be taking it should be OK.
As mentioned in other posts and by @john.tavis, the regulations on herbal supplements are very poor: many times the actual contents of a supplement are absolutely not what is advertised on the outside. This makes it very difficult to know if you are getting the right thing, and can put your health in danger. Please take caution in taking these.
Thomas
Hi
am from Sierra Leone I was informed of having hepatitis B since 2010 and my doctor advice me not to take drugs but just to reduce taking high food rich in protein and fatty foods. After every 6 month I have to visit the lab to do my test and the result is normally good that my liver is fine. The problem now is that am feeling pain at my right and usually get tired and sometimes run fever but what disturb me the most is the dull pain am presently not on treatment. I have decided now this coming week to find another doctor since the first doctor is now working else where and not as a clinician now. Am afraid for my liver not to damage severely and not to develop cirrhosis. The other problem is in my country to find a doctor who is knowledgeable about this disease is a problem…
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Dear @Godsaveme,
Thanks for sharing your story and welcome to the community. I’m sorry about the situation that you’re in. Yes, it’s best to keep your condition monitored by a doctor who has experience in Hepatitis B so that you can avoid liver disease progression.
Thomas
Good morning, I know this discussion is old. I recently got my test results, and I am trying to understand it, but it’s overwhelming and I don’t understand a lot of the things I’m seeing. Is there a way y’all can help me understand the test results? I just like to know if I’m beating the virus or is it getting worse? Etc.
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Hi @Poseidon, welcome to this forum. The best place to post your results and get some information would be EXPLAINER: Lab results and their interpretation. Please make sure to abide by the best practices - IMPORTANT: Best practice for posting lab results.
Cheers,
Thomas
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Hey Thomas,
Thank you so much for reaching back out to me. I’ll be sure post it on the right forum.
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Agree with you there, John. We need to be careful with all medication even herbal.
It could be damaging our liver. I was taking black cohosh for menopausal symptoms, until I found out it wasn’t good for the liver.
And, isn’t NSAIDs, anti inflammatory pain killers, may be damaging our liver, if taken regularly? @ThomasTu @
Some say paracetamol in our group but I’ve only known anti inflammatory drugs as bad for liver disease.
Well done. It wouldn’t have been easy changing your lifestyle.
Welcome to our amazing group.
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Dear @Caraline,
The biggest issue with most NSAIDs is gastric as chronic use can cause ulcers. The biggest liver impact of the common over-the-counter pain killers is with Tylenol (acetaminophen). It can start having toxic effects on the liver at only twice the OTC dose, and those effects are amplified by alcohol. Therefore, be really careful when using combination cold & flu drugs with Tylenol as many of them have acetaminophen in them. The #1 cause for acute liver failure in the USA is acetaminophen overdose.
John
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Hi. I’m Adedeji Joseph, from Nigeria.
A graduate of Electronics and electrical engineering. I’m 26. I just got diagnosed of HBsAg. I never knew I had it, I was just like let me know my status for fun, and pum, they said I have it.
I hope being here will help me cause right now I have like a million streams of thoughts in my head.
I’m glad to be here.
Hi Adedeji-Joseph
Welcome to the forum where people like you and experts share for the good of each other.
Feel free to bring out your disturbing thoughts and experience so that you can be enriched
Kinoti
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Welcome to the community, @Adedeji_Joseph, and thanks for sharing your story. Hope you feel that you are not alone here and that there are people on this forum who share your experience. We’re all in this together :). As @kinoti mentioned, feel free to share your feelings here, as they help others out there going through the same thing as well.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas
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Welcome! This is a very supportive community, and I hope it helps you as you navigate this change in your life. There are many people with similar experiences to help guide you, and there are many scientists and physicians who can help you understand the complexity of Hepatitis B.
I wish you the very best.
John.
Thank you.
My test results shows HBeAg and HBsAg positive. I think this shows I’m highly infectious and the activities of the virus. Any advice on what to do cause I’ve not been able to see a specialist up until now. And my date is still further. I’m really scared. I’ve only been taking livolin which I think is just a supplement. Kindly advise.
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Hi Adedeji_osef
You are right to say positive for Hep BeAg indicates Hepb that is highly infectious and active. It may also show the stage of infection you are in. @Availlant has advised in a different trend that’s it’s always beneficial for anybody positive for Hep b to be put on treatment. I find his reasoning sound.
Kinoti
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Could you please expatiate. Does it in any way show how long I have been infected, cause really, I am hunted by these thought everyday because I don’t know how I landed here. I’m a very cautious person. Enlighten me please.
Dear Adedeji_Joseph,
The primary route of transmission of HBV amongst adults is the sharing of needles with IV drug use or unprotected sex. The HBV virus is also quite stable outside the body so it is possible to get infected vial an open wound as well. However the bulk of infection world wide happens during birth in HBV infected mothers.
Any of these is a possibility in your case and there is no way of knowing with certainty how you got infected or for how long you have been infected.
Here are the things I would like you to focus on:
- Getting infected is not your fault!
- There are good medications you can take to very safely and effectively control your infection so that you can live a long and happy life and have a family and children if you want.
- The sooner you start treatment the better.
With best regards,
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