Comments on: Report: Aleksander Emelianenko tests positive for Hepatitis B

By: thomas

thomas — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:36:21 +0000

I think he will be well with God on his side.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:58:11 +0000

I have a friend who contracted Hep B (from using a shared needle for heroin), so I know a bit about it. Hep B can be cured through interfuron treatments, which are much like chemotherapy. These treatments work about 80%+ of the time and presumably Aleks is relatively young and healthy, so his odds might be a little better. The problem is that the treatments take about 6 months and you’re totally drained. No energy at all. Also, you don’t know until a few months after you’ve finished the treatments whether they’ve actually worked or not. Realistically, he wouldn’t be able to do any training and would probably have to take about a year off. But it’s not the end of the world. My guess is he’ll do the treatments and we’ll see him back in action late next year. My friend’s was cured through interfuron. They keep tweaking the treatments for the better so I’ll be surprised if he’s not back in action soon.

By: skwirrl

skwirrl — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:30:18 +0000

The people talking about it being curable are correct. Hep C is a much bigger threat because there is no vaccine for the uninfected and its much less curable. Chronic Hep B is a likely eventual death sentence, but he fought HCF less than a year ago and didn’t test positive for it then. This means he is very likely still in the acute phase of the disease and will be fine because it can be dealt with at a high percentage at this stage. Aleks is a tough bastard, don’t count him out against a very curable disease.

By: DamonO

DamonO — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:52:56 +0000

Hopefully he never steps into the ring with anyone. That would be seriously screwed up if he gave another person that disease without their knowledge. He should also tell every person he may possibly exchange fluids with. Sounds gross but that would be the nice thing to do.

By: OddTom

OddTom — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:19:42 +0000

I think in about 80% of cases, it’s simply acute hep that can be cured with treatment. No need to be ringing a death knell for Alek’s career just yet. It could very well be a temporary setback.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:46:28 +0000

wow calm down its 95% curable… come on its 2008

By: Marc S

Marc S — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:10:52 +0000

Ver, very sad! Yes, he is a former convict but he paid the price and worked hard to change his ways! Prays go out to Aleksander and family!

By: Tad2211

Tad2211 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:04:40 +0000

This really sucks. Can Alek fight in Canada with hep?

Anyway thank god it isnt Fedor.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:56:54 +0000

wow this sucks. I liked his fighting style.

By: Davey D

Davey D — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:17:15 +0000

The CSAC made the right choice. Better safe than sorry. This isn’t so much good news for Aleksander. Hopefully he can overcome this. It would be sad if he could never fight again.

I doubt Pride ever had any knowledge of this. His brother might not have even known? At any rate. This is unfortunate news. I wish him and his family the best. Aleks is one of top 10 HW’s in the world. It would be a shame to go out like this.