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many of us have a history of mono. and poor health. my doctor said that hepc can cause postitive test for mono. i dont really know the connection but he was a hepatologist.
if you have hepc you need to educate yourself well. this site is a good place to start! love and prayers.
The mono- caused hepatitis clears completely after the mono goes away, according to her doctor; indeed her ALT went back to normal.
Hepatatis simply means "inflammation of the liver". It can come from many causes including other illnesses, chemicals, viral infections, food-borne germs, etc. Only the viral hepatitis forms are contagious.
If you have had hepatitis, there are traces in your blood, usually antibodies. This may be what they found in your blood, and they would show that you've had hepatitis, not that you have it actively right now.
If there is any doubt, you should be tested with specific tests to see if you NOW have any of the viral hepatitises, HAV, HBV, or HCV... or even one of the less common ones.
Good luck.
http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/health-info/dis-cond/commdis/hep-qa.html
"WHAT IS VIRAL HEPATITIS?
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver caused by medications, alcohol, or a variety of other agents including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, herpes and infectious mononucleosis"...
that's all it says about mono though...