IS A LEVEL OF 8,196100350 IS IT A HIGH LEVEL OF HEP,C QUANTITATION

[RONLANCER64]

SAME AS ABOVE THE ABOVE   PLEASE TELL ME SOMETHING SINCERLY RON LANCER THANKYOU VERY MUCH....

[Dee1956]

I agree, mine was 12 million a few months before tx, then the day I started it was 350,000 which I thought was excellent, then I discovered that it goes up and down all the time.

[sunru]

Has anyone heard that viral load can go from high to low in a matter of hours? I thought someone told me that at NIH but not sure if remembering correctly. Something to do with how the virus replicates?

Last time kaiser did my viral load test on 4/14/14 it came back as 17,949,137, NIH determined this result by TTV to be 6.5 ml using real-time PCR .

Also NIH PCR results taken on 6/9/14 was 2,680,316 and on 6/13/14 it was 1,734,728. All of these PCRs were taken just BEFORE treatment started.
Big differences and it seems they just want to get a general idea if it is in the thousands or millions.

[orphanedhawk]

Viral loads do not equate damage. You can have a low viral load and have severe liver damage or a high one and have none. It may not make sense but that's the way it is with hep C.

[Dee1956]

Hey there, thank you, I knew I would leave something out :)

[hrsepwrguy]

"how far" not "how for" sorry for the type o

[hrsepwrguy]

Just to add to what Dee has said, your viral load level is absolutely no indication as to how for the disease has progressed

Have a great day

[Dee1956]

Hi, yes, this is a very high level.  Can you double check it?  
What is your geno type?
What is the shape of your liver?
Are you seeing a liver specialist?
Did you know there is new medication to treat HCV?
If you can provide more information others would be more than willing to help.
Dee