Table of Contents for HBV Overview
"Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Overview"
Version 3 by Stuart
Millinship
Contents
- 1.0
What is Hepatitis
- 2.0 What
is Hepatitis B
- 2.1 How
is Hepatitis B Transmitted
- 2.2 What
happens when infected with Hepatitis B
- 2.3 How
Can I prevent infection
- i)
Vaccination
- ii)After exposure
to the virus
- 3. The
hepatitis B virology and immunology
- 3.1 What
is the Hepatitis B Virus.
- 3.2 How
does the virus replicate.
- 3.3 Hepatitis
B Antigens and Markers.
- i)
Hepatitis B DNA (HBV DNA)
- ii)Hepatitis B
DNA polymerase. (HBV DNA Polymerase,
DNAp)
- iii)Hepatitis B
Core protein. (HBcAg)
- iv)
Hepatitis
B Surface protein(s). (HBsAg)
- v)
HBe Protein.
(HBeAg or 'e' antigen)
- vi)
HBx Protein
- 3.4 How
the Human Body Responds to Infection.
- i)
Antibodies to HBc (HBcAb).
- ii)
ALT alanine aminotransferase and AST (aspartate aminotransferase).
- iii)
Interferon.
- iv)
Antibodies to Be protein (HBeAb)
- v)
Antibodies to HBs protein (HBsAb)
- 4. Acute
Hepatitis B Infection,
- 4.1 What
happens when Initially infected.
- 4.2 Symptoms.
- 4.3 Treatment
- 4.4 Prognosis
- 5. Chronic
Hepatitis B infection.
- 5.1 How
does chronic Hepatitis B Develop.
- 5.2 Symptoms
- 5.3 Treatment
- 5.4 Prognosis
- 6. Liver
Biopsy
- 6.1 What
is a Liver
Biopsy?
- 6.2 What
are the different ways Liver Biopsy can be performed?
- 6.3 When
is a Liver Biopsy used?
- 6.4 What
are the dangers of Liver Biopsy?,
- 6.5 Are
there alternatives to Liver Biopsy?,
- 6.6 Do
Liver Biopsies ever need to be repeated?,
- 6.7 Biopsy
results.,
- 6.8 Grading
of liver biopsies.,
- 6.9 What
do I need to do if I'm having a biopsy.
- 7.
Interferon
- 7.1 Success
Rate
- 7.2 Recommended
course of treatment
- 7.3 What
happens if I decide to take Interferon
- 7.4 How
can I tell if I'm responding ?
- 7.5 Side
effects
- 7.6
Should
I take Interferon
- 7.7 What
if I do not respond to interferon
- 8. Other
treatments
- 9. Drugs
- 9.1
Over The Counter (OTC) Drugs
- 9.2
Recreational drugs
- 9.3
Complementary medicine
- 10. Other
Hepatitis B Information
- 10.1
Coinfections with other viruses
- 10.2
Non "e" Antigen Hepatitis
- 10.3
Relapse
- 10.4
Liver Cancer (hepatocellular
carcinoma, hepatoma or HCC)
- 10.5
Living with the Hepatitis B Virus
- 10.6
Cirrhosis of the Liver
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Appendixes - The Liver
-
Glossary