Apologies to have missed this post @Liyah12, I think it may have escaped my notice due to being in a different thread. I’m so sorry to hear about your experiences, but hope you are continuing to feel the support from this community. You are not alone! Please keep us up to date with how you’re progressing.
Welcome to the forum, @lsrdp! As @et5656 mentioned, indeed it is good to see these levels reducing over time. I’m wondering if you are having ongoing check ups regarding your HBV markers. It is common to see clearance of HBV with immune flares like you are experiencing.
As above, please keep us up to date on your status.
Hello! I don’t understand english, so I write and read with the help of an online translator. I am 51 years old, male, asian and I live in Brazil.
I was hospitalized in 2004 (30 yo) with symptoms of hepatitis, and the doctor informed me that it was hepatitis B. I took the test he requested and continued my life as normal.
In October 2025, I discovered that I was a chronic carrier of hepatitis B:
HBSag = positive
Igg = negative
Igm = negative
Anti-HBs = negative (6 mUi/mL)
HBEag = negative
Anti-HBe = positive
Other tests were performed in August 2025 and were OK:
ALT = 15
AST = 28
GGT = 15
Alk Phosphatase = 98
After consulting with the hepatologist, I had more tests done (January/2026):
HBSag = positive
Igg = negative
Igm = negative
Anti-HBs = negative (4 mUi/mL)
HBEag = negative
Anti-HBe = negative
HB Viral = 50 IU/ml
I’m glad this community has been helpful to you. Your lab results look very encouraging with very low viral load, normal liver enzymes, and no evidence of fibrosis/cirrhosis. Keep up the great work! It’s still a good idea to get blood tests every 6 months to check if the disease activity has changed. Hepatitis B can be unpredictable sometimes.
Indeed, welcome @Isao_Su! Thank you for the kind words about this community. Please feel free to post in Portuguese - the site should automatically translate your post to users in different countries as they read it.
Members, I am a new Member but highly Glad to be here. My name is Sekyanzi Daniel 32 years old and I am a Ugandan Citizen living in Kenya as A Refugee due to Political Reasons. On 23rd September 2022 I was Abducted by Ugandan Military Gunmen who Who Tortured me Badly for 5 days Almost to death, on the Last Day I was Forcefully Sodomized and after 3 months I realized that I was infected with Hepatitis B. I wanted to start the Medication at Kakuma Kalobeyei Refugee Camp where I was Staying but the Doctor Advised me to first do the Viral Load Test, Complete Blood Count (CBC). But unfortunately I couldn’t do those tests in Kakuma Kalobeyei Refugee Camp, so I came to Nairobi for Tests but since then I have never done it due To Financial Challenges, I tried to beg some Organizations to help but they insisted that I should first get the Urban Refugee Document which is not yet to be Given to me since then. A friend of mine Advised me to be Using Garlic, Ginger and Lemon Combined cooked well and Drink as A Medicine While I wait for the Medical Support from the UNHCR Kenya. So do you think that Those Garlic, Ginger and Lemon Combined can help me without using The tenofovir ?
I am so sorry for your horrible inflictions that fell humans have done to you. It’s unbelievable what humans can do to humans. It’s evil and I’m so sorry.
I am so sorry for your horrible inflections that fellow humans have done to you. It’s unbelievable what humans can do to humans. It’s evil and I’m so sorry.
Garlic ginger and lemon, Will not cure you of the virus but it is good for you. If your finances are low I would give it a miss. If finances are low. I would give it a miss.
Please stay in touch. May God be with you and supply your needs.
I have no connections with Kenya so I cannot help in that area.
Thank you so Much Madam @Caraline For Sympathizing with me, and Not only me but many Victims Especially Political Refugees in Kenya and In Uganda. In 2024 One of Us called Brother Bruno Mupuuya Died also after being Infected by Forceble Sodomy By Uganda Military Gunmen, March 2025 and Another one of us Called Sister Marino Alexandria Died after being Infected with Hepatitis B and HIV at Once through being Rapped by Ugandan Military Gunmen.
One Of things that Makes us to die it’s Too Much Frustrations which brings Too Much Nightmares. Thinking of how you became a Victim of Hepatitis B, knowing that you will be with it for the Rest of your life. We even Fear To share it with our Relatives to avoid being asked how we got it. So we keep it as a Secret for Ourselves but it’s Too Heavy to Carry.
We Don’t Get Proper Counseling, No Medication, No Care, No Regular Medical Tests, Drinking Dirty Water , Spending a day without eating anything. So because we can’t afford Proper Medicine, we Choose to use Garlic, Ginger and Lemon Combined, we Cook them well and Drink all the time. But Sometimes it gives us more side effects because sometimes we drink it without anything in the Stomach, or Clean Water to Drink. May God Save us and many others all over the World.
Hi Dr John Tavis, as A Member Of HBF Bord, Can You Please Inform them that Vulnerable Refugees In Kakuma and Kalobeyei Camp Kenya in East Africa are Suffering With Hepatitis B without Medication. And When we want to do Viral Load Test, Complete Blood Count (CBC) etc We must have to go to Private Hospital and It’s Very Expensive yet we just Helpless Refugees who are not even allowed to Work. So we Pray that HBF can find a way to Help Us in that.
I am deeply disturbed by the conditions the refugees find themselves in. I will forward this message to the appropriate folks in the HBF, but please be aware that there is likely little they can do about situations like this. The issues are complex combinations of lack of resources, social unrest, and healthcare systems without adequate infrastructure. The HBF cannot fix the healthcare systems everywhere in the world, no matter how much they would like to do so.
Definitely, I always driver to those ends. I am sure one time I will have to look for you, I use same names on Facebook, please look for me on fb I will share my contacts and we get chance to meet.
