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Working In Medical Field While Having Hep C
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Hep-c screening test mildly positiveI went in a few weeks ago to get my annual exam done at my OB-GYN, and asked them to go ahead and do my STD test while I was there. I got a call a week later, saying the the hep-c screening test was slightly elevated (she said normal reading is...
Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
There are always some false positive tests - usually in people like you without risk factors. I would request a RIBA test which is more specific. This will probably be negative....
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Can you get hep-c agin?It has been two years when I was told I had Hep-c from my doctor.I when thought treatment and was... Read more »Discovery of HepCWhen did Michael Houghton discover Hepatitis C? How long has the medical industry known of... Read more »
Articles
Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIVWhat Happens to People Who Have Hepatitis C The Natural History of HCV Although hepatitis C also affects other parts of the body, your liver is the organ most affected. Your liver is an essential organ with hundreds of functions. On a daily... Read more »
Nigeria Orders Tests on Local Cure for HIV VirusThe legal battle between Nigerian scientist Jeremiah Abalaka and the Health Ministry over the ban on using his HIV vaccine is continuing with a directive from the Nigerian parliament ordering clinical trials of the drug. The tests are set to begin... Read more »
World Bank Warns of AIDS Increase in CameroonThe World Bank, which last month approved a $50 million fund for Cameroon's anti-AIDS efforts, announced Thursday that the HIV/AIDS infection rate in the country soared more than 20-fold in the past 10 years. According to the bank's Robert... Read more »
Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIVIntroduction Welcome to our treatment guide for HIV-positive people who also have the hepatitis C virus (called HCV, for short). The people who wrote this guide have direct experience with HIV and hepatitis C. We have written this guide to... Read more »
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No longer have HepC!
Posted by heatherblue, 2 Replies
I went to my doctor today. My numbers are all amazing. CD4=701, viral load undetectable. And he says that I no longer have HepC. I have never heard of this. I am pleased, don't get me wrong. It's just kinda crazy. I was always told that it...
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coinfections hiv and hepc
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
please help i know you guess are not doctor but could youplease due some research for me ? I dont have acsess to a computer often. can you find out if 6 months test is accurate or is it 6month from time of exposure or6 month after onset of symptoms Read more » I have a co-infection;HIV, and HEP-C.
Posted by stevepalma, 1 Reply
I found out that i had this co-infection(hiv,hep-c) in 2002.My doctor says that it is very hard to treat,however with sticking to my meds;this includes hiv meds, and interferon,i now have the hep-c under control after 30 weeks of a 48 week...
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hiv and hepc
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
it has been 6 months since exposure started having diarrhea and all my lymph nodes in my breast and under arm are swollen soreness in my back. my stomach keeps burning. had ars 3 weeks after exposure lymphadenopathy but it didnt hurt but my throat was... Read more »
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