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I had the the  test for anitbody come back positive, twice then they did more test that came back negitive. I am trying to understand the results better. I was so happy at the dr. office I did not truley understand the blood test. My husband thinks somthing is Wrong. They did Cryoglobulun Qualitative which was negative HCV RNA PCR Quant that eas <50 does any one understand this?
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It could just mean your viral load is low,but not sure. I would talk to my Dr.
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um what does it mean when your blood results come back low reaction to hep does it mean i have hep c im taking another blood test soon waiting for the results im so worryed and dont know what to do.
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It sounds as though you had a reactive screening test and a neg Riba and neg Pcr.  This means you are neg for hcv.

Can you confirm that a 'Riba' confirmatory test was done?  A neg Riba means no antibody in your blood stream.
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