Well I will say this you do not have hep c and with a neg RIBA test that your EIA was indeed a false positive. As far as why your doc would want you to see a gastro, I have no idea but he/she knows your medical history so maybe there is some other concerns.
nope - he is only focused on the EIA positive my ALT is 16 and the other one I can not rememeber right now like AST is 14 so no other issues - he is just concerned about the EIA being above 1.0
The enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (EIA) tests for the antibody to hepatitis C (anti-HCV). False-positive results may occur at a rate of 10-20% and are usually seen in the presence of autoimmune disease, hypergammaglobulinemia and low-risk blood donors. Since the recent RNA Qualitative and Quantitative, and the RIBA were all negative, It sure does sound like a false negative EIA to me. To be sure, I'd follow up with the GI doc and put this behind me. Otherwise, you will be fretting forever. Good luck.
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hcsp/articles/Bernstein-1.html
Your alt and ast are at the low end of normal range, no problems there. Follow this link and it will show you the proper test procedure guidelines for hep c testing. Still no idea why your doc would want you to see a gastro.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0101/p79.html