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.
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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?
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
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
Absolutely agree...that's my take on it as well nygurl
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...
Just saw how old this thread is. Probably better to start a new one.
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
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
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.
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?
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
There is no such thing as dormant hep you either have it or you do not.
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
BOOZE IS BAD.
JUST SAY NO!
LOL how come I didn't know then what I know now? ;)
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
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
nysaid.........at least we have something we CAN beat! :)...............
Hey now that wasn't very nice. What you gonna get everyone to gang up on me? Im sick gal
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! :)
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.
I'm sorry. I did not know that about hippyman. I apologize.
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.
My brain is in the dormant phase.
liarman; if you speak of not having any symptoms of end stage liver disease as the virus "dormancy' state, then you are correct. But chronic hep c does not just sit there doing nothing, it is constantly affecting the liver and other organs, you might not feel anything, but that does not mean that liver damage is not progressing. HCV needs to be monitored so that you are not taken by surprise when things get worse. Please do not think that no symptoms means the virus is 'dormant' and doing no damage. There is no such thing in hcv. Some folks do not progress to more damage and some do. You need to monitor YOUR condition to make sure you don't belong to the latter group.