"What Happens if Hepatitis B Goes Untreated with Antiviral Medication?"
Hepatitis B and Its Treatment Options
Hepatitis B refers to viral hepatitis B. If patients do not take antiviral medications and their condition is mild with normal results in other examinations, they may experience spontaneous recovery. However, if other examination results show significant abnormalities and the condition is severe, failure to administer antiviral medications may lead to disease progression.
1. Potential for Spontaneous Recovery: After being diagnosed with hepatitis B, if patients exhibit no obvious symptoms, have normal liver function test results, maintain adequate rest, enhance dietary nutrition, abstain from alcohol and tobacco, and possess a positive mindset, their immune system may be strong enough to effectively clear the hepatitis B virus from their bodies. In such cases, the disease may gradually improve without medication, and the likelihood of spontaneous recovery is relatively high.
2. Disease Progression: If patients develop symptoms such as jaundice and ascites, and there are significant increases in various biomarkers including alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, r-glutamyltransferase, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, indirect bilirubin, and total bile acids, along with significant decreases in total protein, albumin, and immunoglobulin levels, the condition may gradually worsen without medication. This could potentially lead to severe complications such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Patients with hepatitis B should follow medical advice and take nucleoside analogues such as Entecavir Dispersible Tablets, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Capsules, and Telbivudine Tablets, as well as long-acting interferons. Additionally, liver-protecting medications may be prescribed, such as Reduced Glutathione for Injection and Diammonium Glycyrrhizinate Enteric-coated Capsules. Specific medication usage should be guided by medical professionals, and patients should not self-medicate.
