Dear Sir ,30 year old, while going for medical test last Dec 2017 for a job, I found I am having Hepatitis B virus .HBsAG-ELISA - 6326.24 (Reactive. Can you kindly suggest me what I want to do for cure and how long it takes for cure. Whether its severe in the stage Thanks

Dr. Siddharth JainGastroenterologist18yrs exp

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Mr. lybrate-user, As you may already know Hepatitis B can cause liver failure and liver cirrhosis. But timely starting the treatment can help prevent that. Also important to note is that NOT all patients who have HBsAg positive require to be on medication. Regarding your question on what stage it is, answering it needs more information. Let me try explain in simple terms here. Hepatitis B infection can be in active or inactive 'state" Hepatitis B also causes "liver disease" which may result in liver failure or cirrhosis. So the "state" or "liver disease" are both different things. "state" can be decided on blood tests. Liver biopsy may be needed but not always required. For "liver condition" we need liver fibroscan or at least liver ultrasound. Medicines are started if one has one of the following: "state" or "liver disease" is advanced. Since you have got the hepatitis B test done, we can first see if you need treatment based on that. I will need to see your reports to let you know if you need to start treatment. You can share it with on the link below: https://www.Lybrate.com/delhi/doctor/dr-siddhart-jain-gastroenterologist.  

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