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if anti hcv (elisa) score is 1.59 then it is confirmed that one person is infected with hcv? what is reactive value of elisa test?
heloo i want to ask a question ...if the PCR came back negative for hepatitis C does it mean that there is zero virus in the blood or the PCR needs a limited virus number below whitch it can not detect the virus ??
today i received my second hcv pcr rt(quantitative) report from hospital which is negative.i am very happy
thanx to all dear.
now I am very happy becouse I have no hcv.my doctor said to me that you had no hcv but you have antibodies which is not harmful for you.
now I am very happy becouse I have no hcv.my doctor said to me that you had no hcv but you have antibodies which is not harmful for you.
thanx to all.
today I received a good news from lab that my pcr rna (quantitative) is negative.it's mean that i have not hcv.should I go to further test or not? should I go to altrasound?
today I received a good news from lab that my pcr rna (quantitative) is negative.it's mean that i have not hcv.should I go to further test or not? should I go to altrasound?
Welcome to the Forum. As SSg told you, now is the time to get the HCV RNA PCR (viral load) test. Do that BEFORyou need to worry about treatment.
To answer your question about injections, that sounds like Interferon treatment, which you do not want, as there are newer ones that are all oral - pills to swallow - that have many fewer side effects. (The shots are rotated in places on your upper thighs, and, if necessary, your upper arms. However, first things first - get tested.)
Back to SSG's point, and mine: Get the HVC RNA PCR test. Once you know whether or not you have the virus is time enough to wonder about treatment.
Good luck and good testing!
Pat
To answer your question about injections, that sounds like Interferon treatment, which you do not want, as there are newer ones that are all oral - pills to swallow - that have many fewer side effects. (The shots are rotated in places on your upper thighs, and, if necessary, your upper arms. However, first things first - get tested.)
Back to SSG's point, and mine: Get the HVC RNA PCR test. Once you know whether or not you have the virus is time enough to wonder about treatment.
Good luck and good testing!
Pat
I think everyone who wants treatment should be afforded the chance to do it. I think that because it is virtually impossible to tell who will progress with their liver disease and who will live with it with no medical issues, everyone should treat. Why live with a virus when you can get rid of it?
A false positive is when the antibody test reacts and looks positive but it is reacting to something else. Clearing the virus means you were exposed and your body fought it off without treatment which happens in 15-40% of cases depending on which studies you read. That is why everyone with a positive antibody needs to confirm it with a pcr/viral load test. As I told you, you have a very low result and it is likely it is a false positive. Get the viral load test and put this to rest.
thanx for your reply.
what is difference between false positive and cleared virus? actually I gave two elisa test.one result is 1.43 and other is 1.59.doctor told me about treatment that treatment is almost 6 month and it is injection treatment.i am feared through injection.
what is difference between false positive and cleared virus? actually I gave two elisa test.one result is 1.43 and other is 1.59.doctor told me about treatment that treatment is almost 6 month and it is injection treatment.i am feared through injection.
You have a very low score which can mean you are having a false positive. Do what your doctor recommends. The pcr test, better known as the viral load test, looks for actual virus, not just the antibodies. You may have been exposed and you may have cleared the virus without treatment; you may have a false positive, or you be infected. Don't worry ahead of time and actually with the new treatments, there is a cure for almost everyone. My best to you.
my doctor is said to me to give pcr-rt (quantitative) test? what is pcr? I am very worried.
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