Hepatitis B is found to have reduced bone density, which may be induced by drug factors or age factors, and requires causative treatment to treat chronic hepatitis B; symptomatic treatment to treat osteoporosis.
1. Causal treatment: Hepatitis B patients receiving antiviral treatment is often a relatively long process, because chronic hepatitis B virus can not be cleared by drugs, so patients may need to take medication for life to prevent viral suppression, if the use of adefovir, may cause osteoporosis, need to stop, change to entecavir or tenofovir.
2. Symptomatic treatment: Regular monitoring of potassium and vitamin levels, and regular testing for osteoporosis in the hip joint to determine the need for calcium and vitamin D supplements.
In addition, these medications carry certain risks, so patients should not take them without authorization, and need to get the guidance of a specialist.