My mother is suffering from pulmonary embolism and she is having multiple clots f 2.5 cm each in size and she also has hepatitis B.Doctors gave her heparin for 6 days and she is under medication now. Is there any treatment that can be given for this as permanent cure? Doctors did not subscribe any medicine for hepatitis b.how that can be controlled.

Dr. Lalit Kumar TripathyGeneral Physician40yrs exp

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1.There is no treatment that eradicates Hepatitis B infection completely. 2.However treatment is available to arrest the liver damage and subsequent development of cirrhosis of liver/carcinoma of liver.In most of the cases the hepatitis B virus automatically gets cleared from the blood within 6 months. If the virus persists after 6 months it is known as chronic Hepatitis B.30-90% of patient suffering from chronic hepatitis B subsequently develop cirrhosis of liver/carcinoma of liver if not treated. You have to regularly do the blood test to monitor HBsAg, HBeAg HBV DNA, Real time PCR for viral load (Rapid diagnostic test), Liver function test for SGOT/SGPT and consult gastroenterologist/Physician for advice and treatment.  

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Dr. Ankit Kumar SinhaPulmonologist4yrs exp

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That's the treatment for pulmonary embolism. Now she has to be in some oral anticoagulant. N if she developed cteph then pulmonary endarterectomy can be done. Otherwise that's the only treatment. N for hep b if the titre is low n no symptoms then no need to give any treatment.  

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