Aa
Week 4 Blood Test Question Biliruban
Just received week 4 test results. Everything is good except Bilituban and GGT. Direct Biliruban is 0.4 mg/dL. Total Biliruban is 1.7 mg/dL. Also GGT is high at 66 U/L. Dr. said a rise in Biliruban is normal with Ribavirin. Can anyone help explain?
Am in the Lambda study so they will not reviel PCR until week 12. I have thought about having an outside test done as I am very curious.
did you have a PCR done to see if you cleared the virus? The 4 week PCR is perhaps the most important test you will have during TX. This test can help make many TX decisions. If you didn't have it done then I would get one right away, get the blood drawn the day of your shot, BEFORE the shot.
Best of luck
Best of luck
Have an Answer?
You are reading content posted in the Hepatitis C Community
Learn about this treatable virus.
Getting tested for this viral infection.
3 key steps to getting on treatment.
4 steps to getting on therapy.
What you need to know about Hep C drugs.
How the drugs might affect you.
These tips may up your chances of a cure.
A list of national and international resources and hotlines to help connect you to needed health and medical services.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Condoms are the most effective way to prevent HIV and STDs.
PrEP is used by people with high risk to prevent HIV infection.
Your indirect/unconjugated bilirubin accounts for most of the elevation seen in your Total Bilirubin (direct + indirect bilirubin = total bilirubin). That results from the ribavirin attacking your red blood cells. When red blood cells are damaged they release heme which is then turned into unconjugated bilirubin in the spleen and then binds to albumin and winds up in the liver.
This is the nature of hemolytic anemia which is caused by ribavirin - increased red blood cell destruction releases hemoglobin which is broken down into heme and turned into unconjugated bilirubin which, in your case, plays the primary role in the elevation seen in your Total Bilirubin.
Mike