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Hepatitis panel lab results
I did blood test for my first prenatal check up. They test me on hepatitis panel because i have elevated liver enzyme. I got hep a and hep b negative but hep c was 0.1 normal. The clinic that i went called me and they said that the test were normal and there is nothing to worry about but the following day they called me again the assistant was telling me that the nurse practioner want to let me know that i am positive for hep c. And they ask me to do further testing. I am so confused and stressed right know. What does it mean? It worries me alot because im pregnant and i have 2 kids. Waahhhh .
Check this out
http://www.livestrong.com/article/336254-pregnancy-elevated-liver-enzymes/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/336254-pregnancy-elevated-liver-enzymes/
Has a doctor reviewed your test result? To the best of my knowledge a signal to cut off ratio (S/CO) of just 0.1 should be a negative hep c antibody test. But even if I am mistaken about that having hep c antibodies does not mean you have hep c it may mean you were only exposed at some point in the past.
Can you request a hard copy of your test result? It is your record and your right to have a copy. Does your doctors office offer online access to your test results through a web page like MyChart or similar? You should get a look at your test result personally. See if the test result has the term positive or negative on the report or if it is just numbers. I believe the negative range is S/CO 0.0 to 0.9 and that a results of 1.0 is positive for antibodies to hep C
The next test would be a test called an HCV RNA by PCR test that checks for the presence of the hep c virus itself.
If that test is negative you do not have hep c.
Just to add that if you ever do test positive on an HCV RNA test know that hep c is very treatable today and with the new meds can cure about 98% of people with treatment possibly as simple as 1 pill a day for as few as 8 weeks.
Also hep c is not easily transmitted in a household setting it requires blood to blood contact meaning hep c infected blood has to enter the blood stream of an uninfected person.
I would try to have your doctor review your test result before you have any additional testing done as I believe a S/CO of 0.1 is not a positive antibody result.
Then if necessary have the test for the virus itself.
Best of luck to you.
Can you request a hard copy of your test result? It is your record and your right to have a copy. Does your doctors office offer online access to your test results through a web page like MyChart or similar? You should get a look at your test result personally. See if the test result has the term positive or negative on the report or if it is just numbers. I believe the negative range is S/CO 0.0 to 0.9 and that a results of 1.0 is positive for antibodies to hep C
The next test would be a test called an HCV RNA by PCR test that checks for the presence of the hep c virus itself.
If that test is negative you do not have hep c.
Just to add that if you ever do test positive on an HCV RNA test know that hep c is very treatable today and with the new meds can cure about 98% of people with treatment possibly as simple as 1 pill a day for as few as 8 weeks.
Also hep c is not easily transmitted in a household setting it requires blood to blood contact meaning hep c infected blood has to enter the blood stream of an uninfected person.
I would try to have your doctor review your test result before you have any additional testing done as I believe a S/CO of 0.1 is not a positive antibody result.
Then if necessary have the test for the virus itself.
Best of luck to you.
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Thank you so much for your reply.. yes i do have the access of the results online .
HBsAg screen - negative
Hep a ab, IgM - negative
Hep B core ab, Igm - negative
Hep c virus Ab- 0.1 normal
I went there and did the hcv rna test anyway but until now I have not talk to them. I only see the nurse practitioner. Its frustrating coz they dont even explain it to me I just go to their office and pick up the paper for the lab and that’s it. Im changing my pcp.
HBsAg screen - negative
Hep a ab, IgM - negative
Hep B core ab, Igm - negative
Hep c virus Ab- 0.1 normal
I went there and did the hcv rna test anyway but until now I have not talk to them. I only see the nurse practitioner. Its frustrating coz they dont even explain it to me I just go to their office and pick up the paper for the lab and that’s it. Im changing my pcp.
Your hep c antibody test says normal, this means you are not positive for hep c antibodies which means you do not have hep c.
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