HEPA C REACTIVE

[Ibra23]

My medical clinic findings is HEPA C .782 COV .310 REACTIVE

could someone from medical practitioner/expert help me to evaluate this findings. Is this a major problem? or possible to be cured. A'm I still fit to work? What are some medication for this? Please help.

[darbara]

no, you need to get another test done RNA PCR TO confirm.
This is just an antibody test means really nothing it just shows you could have been affected in the past so go for the rna pcr TEST

[matt110514]

this is my findings, HCV REACTIVE PV-0.251 COV-0.190.. is this already an infection.?

[matt110514]

my blood has been tested last 2 days. but when i asked the medical center about the result they told me that im a hepa c reactive and they will run another test on me.? what does it mean.? im from philippines. please do help me.. i also encounter some symptoms like having a trouble to sleep, dryness of mouth, fatigue.. i need help..

[SurfsideGal]

Hep C Reactive means that you have antibodies to hepatitis C. The next step is an HCV/RNA test (patients call it a PCR or viral load test). That test looks for actual virus, not just the antibody. If they find the virus, you do have hepatitis C. Treatment is so successful now that most doctors are foregoing biopsies in patients and just treating them. However, I do not know if the new more successful treatments are available in the Philippines. Ask your doctor about that.

[Ibra23]

Thanks James & Diane for enlighten me..its really helpful to me to ease a little bit of my anxious. I will follow both of your advice. I wish all of us a good health and happiness.

[Diane12855]

I believe that you had an antibody test. If so, there is a chance that at some time in your life you were exposed to the virus but your body fought it off, and you will always have the antibodies in your blood. There is a more precise test that actually looks for the presence of the virus...PCR... that is the next step. If you do have the virus, you then need to have a biopsy, etc. The virus truly works very slowly on the liver. I was infected about 25 years and when I had my biopsy I was only stage 2 grade 2.

So, yes you need to find out for sure, but you have time. I didn't feel bad because of mine till the 25th year, and then I could still work, I just didn't feel up to par.

Diane

[hcvJames]

Hep C is a major problem BUT it is a slow moving disease, there is no need to panic just yet. One of the first things you'll need, since you have been diagnosed, is to arrange for a biopsy. It will tell you what condition your liver is in. There are 4 stages, each progressively worse than the other. If your liver stage is 3 or 4 you will want to treat soon.
Hep C is curable, many on this forum have been cured. There are new med's to that came out in the last few days that boost the cure rate and cut the treatment time. You'll have to discuss them with your doc. What genotype do you have?

If you feel good then yes you are fit to work. Hep C is transmitted by blood to blood, like reused needles, tattoos, shared razors, toothbrushes. In many ways it is very difficult to transmit. One thing, if you drink alcohol, stop. It will be the single best thing you can do for your liver right now.

All the best.