Upon delivery of a blood test (biochemistry), I found the HBs antigen. Now I was under the supervision of a physician and has recently made repeated tests on the recommendation of a physician (to see whether the virus is active or I am the bearer). The question is: could the virus be present in the blood for a long time, but not "be felt", and "manifest" on the background of a weakened immune system, frequent stress, diet? An opportunity of sexual transmission is excluded, as her husband (DC partner) virus was not detected. Did that last year tested for HIV. Frankly, I find myself in an easy to panic and can not imagine where she could be infected? And is it possible to determine roughly what time the patient was infected?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist may be that you only present HBsAg, and other markers of hepatitis B virus are absent. This can only be understood, having before him all the results of your survey. If liver function is not compromised, ie you are a carrier, then for dogih years you might not know about it. Understand, when you could get very complicated. Typically, 40% of the time of infection remains for us is not certain. Similar question: Hello! I am a donor. After the next blood donation revealed hepatitis ...