Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys : Prothrombin is a protein that the liver produces as one of the clotting factors that stop bleeding. Prothrombin time (PT) is the time the body needs to begin clotting-—-normally between 9 and 10   seconds—and vitamin K must be present for clotting to hap­pen. When vitamin K is [...]

Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys : A low level, also considered a noninfectious level of HBV DNA, is defined as less than 10,000 copies/ml. These low HBV DNA levels are only detectable if a very sensitive laboratory assay known as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used. The PCR assay has the [...]

Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys : In addition, these people are at risk for reactivation of the virus—return of HBeAg positivity. This occurs approximately 20 to 30 percent of the time. An in­dividual’s likelihood of reactivation increases if their immune system becomes suppressed. Such an occurrence may happen during treatment with immunosup­pressive drugs, [...]

Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys : The biopsy itself involves a quick jab with a special needle through the skin, into the liver, and out again. This jab literally takes no longer than one-tenth of a second. The needle will suction out one or two tiny slivers of liver, about one to [...]

Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys  : The hepatitis E virus is a small, spherical virus that has been provi­sionally classified as a member of the Caliciviridae family. It is possi­ble that this family assignment will change because the hepatitis E viral genome is different than that of most other caliciviruses. Its genome [...]

Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys : The concerns in acute and chronic liver disease are different to some extent. An acute liver disease resolves itself, becomes chronic, or kills the patient. Some acute liver diseases can cause a severe type of liver failure known as fulminant hepatic failure. (See Chapter 3.) The [...]

Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys : Course of Treatment Unmodified interferon alpha is given at a fairly high daily dose every day or at a higher dose three days a week for sixteen weeks. Peginter­feron alpha is given once a week for forty-eight weeks (some studies have given it for fifty-two weeks). [...]

Multaq Attorneys Contact Page 1-800-611-7080   Multaq Attorneys : Is Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Linked to Cancer? Two possible malignancies are linked to primary sclerosing cholan­gitis. One is cholangiocarcinoma, or cancer of the bile ducts, and the second is colon cancer. Primary sclerosing cholangitis patients have a 10 to 15 percent lifetime chance of developing cancer [...]