Retesting For Hep C

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PLEASE could you help me am I HepC positive or not?

I had routine bloodwork/STD testing performed LFT came back fine BUT Hepatitis C screening test was positive with a negative HCV RNA and an indeterminate RIBA result...I was retested 3 months later with same exact results. What upsets me is that...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

This one is easy. Ask for a quantitative PCR for HCV. If it is negative you are fine! I would repeat to be certain about 3 months after the first one. Good luck! DTD... Read more »

is this acute or chronic hep-c

I am a health care worker.Back in 1992 I had some mild increase in LFT ALT 60 hepatitis-c antibody... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

hep c & hiv co-infection / testing

So i was stuck with a syringe, the person was likely hiv + / hep-c + (heroin -or- meth user).... Read more »

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reactivation of ebstein bar virus

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I have high levels of herpe virus in blood no outbreaks
was exposed to hiv + and hep c+ with high viral loads
for both. If iam coinfected and reactivaton of ebv could i
have a delayed seroconversion. I also have a high white
blood count and platlet.... Read more »

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