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Help interpreting liver damage results

I am new on here and been recently diagnosed with chronic hep C. I believe I've had it for over 6 years now. My digestive disease doctor had me get blood tests done for further results. Of course with it being Friday I won't get a call from the doctor explaining anything until next week so now it's driving me crazy searching for answers. Anyways, my ALT level has gone from 136 to 308 within 3 months, bilirubin level from 0.3 to 0.6 which is normal range. I now have a ferritin serum at 177, necroinflammatory activity of grade A3 but fibrosis stage at F0. Genotype is 1a.
Can anyone possibly give me a clue of to where I'm at with liver damage and if it's gonna be necessary now for treatment?
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683231 tn?1467323017
I have never had my ferritin tested even though I had hep c for 37 years and liver cirrhosis for 9.5 years so no idea why your doctor ran that test.

From a quick google search your ferritin appears to be normal
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683231 tn?1467323017
I agree with Clementine your fibrosis score is zero (F0) meaning you have no liver damage.

Liver enzyme scores have no relationship to extent of liver damage. Elevated liver enzymes only indicate something is bothering your liver.

See your doctor and get treated good luck
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Your fibrosis score is 0 and that means no liver damage. However, if you can get treatment paid for, I would go for it. Why wait until you are really sick? Your elevated ALT score means there is inflammation going on and  years of inflammation can cause changes in fibrosis scores. Wishing you the best.
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