Go do Hepatitis screening asap, as well as Liver Function Test. You may also try Complete Blood Count. Please make use of standard labd or hopsital, not this result-in-biro labs.

I was diagnosed in 2009. Still living with it and following research the world over. I wrote an article in Punch newspaper few months back lamenting poor knowledge about HepB in Nigeria. I also just finished writing another one yesterday.


We have established yahoogroups for Nigerian co-patients to exchange info, you can join us: naijahepcommunity@yahoogroups.com

www.medhelp.org is still the best platform to discuss Hep B globally, those guys sabi, they are patients too.

Hepatitis is very endemic in Nigeria - 20million, meaning 1 out of every 7 Nigerians has it. The global rate is about 500million. It doesn't have cure yet, but researches are at advanced stage, and 2 drugs are on clinical trial already and possibly there should be cure in the next 3-5 years.

Good thing is it can be well-managed.

@Delafruita,
No cure for Hepatitis yet, but there is chance(less than 5%) of it clearing itself.

Maybe what you had was acute Hepatitis, which is only temporary and clears unlike chronic, or your doctor mistook the viral load becoming undetectable(which is very common with drugs like interferon) with clearing. Having undetectable viral load doesn't mean you have cleared it o. 2008, pls go do another test o

You can however be fortunate to be among the less than 5%(I believe it's less than 1% actually) that clear the virus.

Congratulations to the widow. She no wan join her husband yet.

I am an Hepatitis patient. CT Scan and Ultra Sound are showing normal liver architecture, but I keep feeling pain in my right upper abdomen for at least a year now.
I have been advised by co-patients in a foreign online forum to do Fibroscan or Liver biopsy which are teh ultimate to check if my liver is alright.
Please which lab/hospital can I do that in Nigeria?

Hello here, please I need useful info from people here.
I'm a chronic Hepatitis B patient, diagnosed two years ago but I'm quiet ok and hardly fals sick, but do regular checks and tests to watch it.

Now, I'm applying for job, I need useful information here based on you people's experience or experience of people you know or you work in Labs that do tests for companies or you work in HR and privy to information on this.

My questions:

1, Is Hepatitis B included in the medicals conducted for new recruits in organizations?
2, If yes, do companies disqualify based on this?
3, Specifically, I want to know for these companies:
-Banks
-Multinationals: Shell, Total, Mobil, Chevron etc
-Government organizations

I need this information asap please.

Thanks

Hello here, please I need useful info from people here.
I'm a chronic Hepatitis B patient, diagnosed two years ago but I'm quiet ok and hardly fals sick, but do regular checks and tests to watch it.

Now, I'm applying for job, I need useful information here based on you people's experience or experience of people you know or you work in Labs that do tests for companies or you work in HR and privy to information on this.

My questions:

1, Is Hepatitis B included in the medicals conducted for new recruits in organizations?
2, If yes, do companies disqualify based on this?
3, Specifically, I want to know for these companies:
-Banks
-Multinationals: Shell, Total, Mobil, Chevron etc
-Government organizations

I need this information asap please.

Thanks

Hello here, please I need useful info from people here.
I'm a chronic Hepatitis B patient, diagnosed two years ago but I'm quiet ok and hardly fals sick, but do regular checks and tests to watch it.

Now, I'm applying for job, I need useful information here based on you people's experience or experience of people you know or you work in Labs that do tests for companies or you work in HR and privy to information on this.

My questions:

1, Is Hepatitis B included in the medicals conducted for new recruits in organizations?
2, If yes, do companies disqualify based on this?
3, Specifically, I want to know for these companies:
-Banks
-Multinationals: Shell, Total, Mobil, Chevron etc
-Government organizations

I need this information asap please.

Thanks