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What Does My Liver Function Test Indicate?

Chronic Hep B for very, very long time without symptoms. Liver function tests (ALT - AST) are always within normal range. But this is the first Hep B Virus DNA test and I don t understand how to read the results. Also, are they the same test expressed on different scales or different test methods? Test: Hepatitis B Virus DNA, QN, Real Time PCR Results: Hepatitis B Virus DNA 138 H with reference range Hepatitis B Virus DNA 2.13 H with reference range
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
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You are testing positive for hepatitis B virus. You are probably a chronic carrier of the virus. People who are carriers have a higher risk of getting liver tumors and should be screened twice a year with sonograms and blood tests to catch a tumor early if it develops. Much of the world carries Hep B and at this time there is no easy cure so surveillance is the best suggestion.
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What Does My Liver Function Test Indicate?

You are testing positive for hepatitis B virus. You are probably a chronic carrier of the virus. People who are carriers have a higher risk of getting liver tumors and should be screened twice a year with sonograms and blood tests to catch a tumor early if it develops. Much of the world carries Hep B and at this time there is no easy cure so surveillance is the best suggestion.