Antibodies hvc

[Brumm]

I was positive antibodies hep c. Viral load negative. Did another blood test and antibodies came back negative. My question is arent antibodies for hep c allways positive regardless you have the virus or not.?

[Brumm]

Sooo what should i do? Retest? At the clinic they told me to come in the next 6 month for retest .... So what do you think i should do for the moment?

[patra_]

Go for the test after 6 months.  That is just to confirm, and I think it is a good thing that the clinic is willing to do that.  It is just a safety measure but a good one.

Meantime, put it out of your mind.  But remember to go for the retest in 6 months.

Blessings,

Pat

[hepc4Sandi]

Yes, retest in 6 months. In the meantime take good care of yourself, keep your immune system up. Remember, HepC is a very slow disease, 6 months won't make a huge difference in its progress if it turns out you have it. I hope you are one of the blessed who defeat it by yourself.

[hepc4Sandi]

If you were exposed, but your body was able to throw it off, or you did a treatment and were cured, you will always test positive for it, just like with Chicken Pox, Mumps, etc. If you have no viral load then you do not have it.

[hepc4Sandi]

To better answer your question after reading it again, it should test positive, so maybe you had a false positive the first time.