We agree that lifelong maintenance therapy would be preferred when safe, affordable, and effective treatment is available to prevent disease recurrence. However, the safety of lifetime use of nucleoside or nucleotide analogues for hepatitis B has not been established. Adefovir is associated with a ...
Ching-Lung Lai and Man-Fung YuenFrom the University of Hong KongAnnals of Internal MedicineLai CL,Yuen MF.What is the best end point for hepatitis B treatment?. Annals of Internal Medicine . 2008
Hepatitis is a general term that means inflammation (irritation and swelling) of the liver. Inflammation of the liver can result from infection, exposure to alcohol, certain medications, chemicals, poisons, or from a disorder of the immune system. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is one of several viru...
i heard it too that no treatment is needed for hepatitis B. BUT some doctors scare by saying its a bomb hide in the liver and injections are required for sorting out the problem of hep B.My friend suffering from this hepatitis B 3 years ago but until now she doesn't get any effect....
Hi, I also have hepatitis C and I on therapy for several weeks already. I have to admit that I am feeling better already. My therapy is consisted from two medications. The first one is interferon which disable virus from further multiplying. The other one is ribavirin which is given only...
Learn about what chronic (long-term) hep B is and how it affects people in the US and worldwide, including which communities are at higher risk of HBV.
chapter 22 - what are the indications for surgery, and what is the best surgical treatment for chronic lateral epicondylitis? B Regan,P Grondin 被引量: 33发表: 2009年 The role of molecular adsorbent recirculating system dialysis for extracorporeal liver support in children.###[Express diagnostics...
Overview Risks Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prevention What is hepatitis B?Hepatitis B is inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The infection is called acute when a person first becomes infected. The infection becomes chronic when a person has symptoms for 6 months...
The availability of assays for quantification of HBV DNA and HBsAg has resulted in a surge of research redefining the natural history of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and the effects of specific antiviral therapy on levels of these viral markers. Assessment of on-treatment changes in HBsAg titre has...
Hepatitis BPerinatal transmissionArticleWe appreciate the comments from Vyas et al. (1) Although our study demonstrated that prediction of infants' immunoprophylaxis failure (IF) is possible in early pregnancy, whether women with extremely high viral load require earlier antiviral treatment for ...