dormant hepititis c

[liarman]

just how long can this lie dormant-even stretching it to any possibility of infection on any list it was almost 40 yrs ago-is that possible?  do i need to search for another means of contact?  could I have gotten this from a cheating spouse since I have been faithful for this entire time-

[dontworry_behappy1]

Welcome to the forum.   Raymond is connected to Hepatitis C.   Like many illness people are unaware of.  Google " Raynoud Hepatitis C".  Just remember Hepatitis C treatment has made huge advancements.  It a great time treat Hepatitis C and be done with it.  

Please post by using the orange button at the top of the forum "Post A Question.". You will get more responses to your question.  Ask!  

Best to you

[curiousinoh]

I just found out tday that i have the viruis. I was digonised with raynoud's as a teenager and have had problem's with bone, and joint pain for as long as I can remember. I was courious to know if having the viruis can cause brittle bone's and problem's with bone's healing?

[pooh55811]

Hepatitis C is never "dormant." You either have it or you do not. If you have Hepatitis C, it is a chronic, active, and progressive disease.

While you may have fibromyalgia in addition to Hepatitis C, many of the symptoms associated with chronic Hepatitis C are very similar to the symptoms associated with  fibromyalgia. It is possible that if you treated your Hepatis C, some or all of those fibromyalgia symptoms may disappear.

If you have a doctor that refers to your Hepatitis C as dormant, then you need a new doctor who is more knowledgeable concerning Hepatitis C, its progression, its prognosis, and its treatment. There are new treatments which are 75-80% effective in curing Hepatitis C (depending on various factors). It would be in your best interest to make an appointment with a Hepatologist, or at the very least a Gastroienterologist who is informed about Hepatitis C and its treatment, do some testing to find out what your Genotype is, get a liver biopsy, and make a decision about treating your hepatitis. Once cured, you may be amazed at how much better you feel.

Here are a couple of links to information on extrahepatic manifestations of Hepatitis C (problems caused by Hepatitis C but which are outside of the liver):

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/Extrahepatic.pdf

http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/11/1005.full.pdf

[crazy4jesus]

I have hep c and the docs say its dormant! The docs also say i have fibromyaliga.im always not feeling good! Im trying to see what is my fibromyalgia and what is my hep c! Can i get symptoms when my hep c is dormant? Ty for whatever help you can give!  God bless

[MeWithC]

Absolutely agree...that's my take on it as well nygurl

[MeWithC]

I agree...I doubt my dentist of 33 years (old school) used to clean them up, nicey-nicey.......add that to the list........
hell, I rarely even used Novocaine...

[nan535]

Just saw how old this thread is. Probably better to start a new one.

[nan535]

My husband had 9 blood transfusions in 1979 at the age of 33 (bleeding ulcers).  He had no symptoms for over 30 years and didn't find out  about his Hep C until he had end stage liver disease with serious complications at the age of 65.  So no way was this virus lying "dormant" for 32 years,  He just wasn't aware of the damage being done. We have been together for 40 years and I tested negative for the virus so the likelihood that you acquired this by a cheating spouse is very small I would say.
Nan

[tsfox1970]

My sis just wrote me and told me that she just found out she has Hep c She used drugs but has since stopped over 20 yrs ago you guys have given me some good information as I will be her a part of her support system..... Thanks

[Trinity4]

Would you please explain the difference between filthy sex and non filthy sex?  
Hepc is not termed "dormant".  Either you have the active virus or you don't.

[abbygirl318]

my boyfriend of 6 years..no iv drugs, no filthy sex (1%chance) no tattoos, no peircings, no transfusions...somehow has hep c dormant...I do not have it...wtf?????  im so confused how he got this!!!! any ideas?

[garret333]

PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE RESULT OF MY BLOOD WORK. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I HAVE/HAD HEP C VIRUS.

HBSAG W/TITER (ECLIA)           0.402                               C.O.V. 1.000       NON REACTIVE
ANTI HBS (ECLIA)                      <2.00   IU/L                      C.O.V. 10.000     NON REACTIVE
HBEAG (ECLIA)                          0.137                              C.O.V. 1.000      NON REACTIVE
ANTI HBE (ECLIA)                       1.760                              C.O.V. 1.000      NON REACTIVE
ANTI HAV IGM  (ECLIA)                0.373                             C.O.V. 1.000      NON REACTIVE
ANTI HBC IGG   (ECLIA)                2.730                            C.O.V. 1.000     NON REACTIVE
ANTI HCV (ECLIA)                         0.039                            C.O.V. 1.000     NON REACTIVE


THANK YOU

[nygirl7]

There is no such thing as dormant hep you either have it or you do not.

[sskip]

I have a boyfriend that is 61 and is dialysis, plus he has hep c that is dormaint is the hep c contagious since it is dormaint

[doglover28]

I agree....I am glad that I found out that I have this disease. Hopefully it was caught early enough to treat. Plus, it makes me stop and smell the roses, and it's made me grateful for all the blessings that I do have in my life.  Pam

[doglover28]

Good point about nail salons.  I remember getting cut with cuticles sizzors in one.  I think they stuck the sizzors in a jar of alcohol.  I can't remember, but it is pretty scary.  Actually, I think they are supposed to put the items in a machine after, but who knows if they do.

[NYgirl]

The important thing is NOT where or how you got it but that you do know that you have it and therefore can begin to treat it to kill it!

I think we all go through an initial stage of when exactly did I get this? Who gave it to me? What was the way? But then we realize it doesn't matter ONE whit HOW...it's the lucky day we find OUT we have it that matters.

Lucky you say? Yup.  I have a friend who died on Friday - he'd been down a very long long road with this but never really took care of it and finally succumbed to liver cancer as a result of having it for well over 30 years and not doing a thing but continuing to party.

I think I am LUCKY because I found out I have it - it's NOT a fast acting killing disease and there IS a cure for it unlike a lot of other "cancers or tumors or diseases etc".

If we have to get something..........at least we have something we CAN beat!  :)

[can-do-man]

Your right on all them ways to get it. And since so many of us have it 25 plus years things were not as  sterile as they are now.

[jmjm530]

My understanding from reading the literature is that the two most common ways people get hep c is either from a contaminated blood supply or IV drug use.

Here is what the CDC has to say on the matter (numbering my own):
1. (If) you ever injected street drugs, even if you experimented a few times many years ago.
2. If you were treated for clotting problems with a blood product made before 1987.
3. If you received a blood transfusion or solid organ transplant (e.g., kidney, liver, heart) from an infected donor.
4. If you were ever on long-term kidney dialysis.
5. If you were ever a health care worker and had frequent contact with blood in the work place, especially accidental needlesticks.
6.If your mother had hepatitis C at the time she gave birth to you.
7. If you ever had sex with a person infected with HCV.
8. If you lived with someone who was infected with HCV and shared items such as razors or toothbrushes that might have had blood on them.
Full article here: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/chronic.htm#5

Unless you can absolutely rule out all the above -- and keep in mind with numbers 6,7& 8 that the hep c status of most people is unknown -- then these appear to be the more likely transmission routes.

My personal opinion is that other transmission routes such as nail saloon or dental contamination are quite rare or else we'd be seeing many more cases in the general population.

-- Jim

[Dale_Ray]

you can go a natural full lifetime unless you enjoy a good stiff drink then you got problems. Booze is bad, period.

Blood transfer from one to another and they don't know all of the ways it is transferred. Some get it some don't under the very same conditions. I'm at 28 years now since a blood transfusion. I don't spend a lot of time on the how just on the attempt to cure so I don't pass it on to another by some mysterious way. Dale

[NYgirl]

BOOZE IS BAD.

JUST SAY NO!


LOL how come I didn't know then what I know now?  ;)

[can-do-man]

I agree that dental contaminations are quite rare NOW. But when you go back 25 or more years things wasn't as sterile IV drug and blood transfusion  i think are/were the most common. But if you include razors and toothbrushes, then it would be hard to leave out any blood to blood. Surely not many people share toothbrushes.

[friole]

liarman - Welcome to the forum.  You have received some good information here.   I too frequently hear the term dormant used with reference to hep C.  I found out I had the hep C antibodies in 1993 - at the age of 46.  I researched what I could - there was not much out there.  Since I was not symptomatic, I figured I had escaped liver damage.  I think it is not so much that the virus is dormant, but that your own immune system is strong.  Last year - at the age of 57 I decided it was time to stop fooling myself and find out.  I was still not symptomatic but the biopsy showed some liver damage (stage 1, grade 1).  I have probably been infected since 1968 - 1969.  So yes, you can have this disease for 40 years or more.

alady - we hippies had dark sides too.  Not everything was as it seemed.  Thus the hedonistic ventures into IV drug use that got so many of us here.

[52TELE]

My brain is in the dormant phase.