Yep the skin plays a part in this disease for sure. What about the red dots from low platelets too? You felt it come back and I felt it go away.
It looks like you are half way through your current battle. So far so good. Is there a reason they didn't add Olysio to the mix for greater Insurance?
Iv cleared twice and relasped twice. Each time Iv cleared my skin has become clearer. Redness around eyes clear up. Small strange spots on skin disappear. I could also tell when I relasped. I mention these things to doc but they don't seem too interested. So I don't bring it up anymore. 12 weeks into 24 week sovaldi/Rib. Maybe third times a charm g2b showed und on 6 week blood draw didn't get too excited been there done that. Peace
I had excessive oily skin causing adult onset acne around my nose ( now I think it was from HCV) and the first thing I noticed during the beginning of tx is it cleared up and was normal. As a youth I had perfect wax-like complexion until HCV starting beating me down.
Congratulations on attaining SVR!
It is wonderful that you finally achieved SVR after all of the other treatments that you went through. It is also great to hear that your MELD score has improved.
It is interesting about the oily scalp. If it disappeared with treatment (and UND status) twice with two different treatments, it surely seems that this was an extrahepatic manifestation for you. The virus gets deposited everywhere in the body, in all of the tissue, organs, and glands, so this would make sense that the virus was affecting your oil producing glands. I know I and several others had a lot of sweating with Hep C and the sweating, which was especially bad at night, disappeared with UND and SVR status.
Best Wishes going forward.