is there any significance in clearing HCV during treatment if i cleared HBV on my own?

HCV during treatment if i cleared HBV on my own?

[happyhepper2010]

Does it have any significance in clearing HCV during treatment on my own...

[desrt]

Interesting question, but I've never heard of it having any significance. Most people clear HBV on their own.

[stef2011]

hbv is cleared 98% of adults so it has no sgnificance if you cleared hbv long before getting hcv
infection

if you had hbv and hcv coinfection clearing hbv needs very high sensibility hbvdna (sensibility equal or lower than 6iu/ml) and hbsag (sensibility by abbott architect to 0,05iu/ml) tests because hcv suppresses hbv so hbv can coesist as occult infection whiel tests with low sensitivity show it as cleared
some get hbv back when they cleared hcv

[stef2011]

hbv is integrated with human dna so even though you clear the virus you still carry its cccdna for decades, so if you had coinfection you need close monitoring
it is also problematic because soemtimes on coinfections hbsag mutates and is not detactable by normal hbsag assays and then you get occult hbv where the only way to detect infection is monitoring with very high sensitivity hbvdna.

[FlGuy]

With a positive HCV PCR in 2009 and again in 2011 I think the expectations of clearing HCV on your own is pretty much out the window.  You have a chronic HCV infection.  Have you gotten the genotype yet?

[happyhepper2010]

sorry to not tell you about my Chronic Condition, yes i will be getting my genotype...

[FlGuy]

You PM'd the PCR news to me last week or so.  Hang in there.  You're still collecting the important information.

[happyhepper2010]

people from above worry me so much :| haha

[happyhepper2010]

what's the difference between genotype 1a and 1b?

[FlGuy]

Not much difference when it comes to treatment.  I have read that 1B is slightly (very slight) more difficult to resolve.  However, people refer to 1A as more difficult.  Call it a toss-up. Some people (like NYGirl) had both and she got rid of it all.

[nygirl7]

Yup 1 is 1 is 1 pretty much you treat it all exactly the same.  I'm not sure but Susan400 had both as well and I think she got rid of the B but kept the A strain so go figure........it really is a tossup.

Gosh I am copy catting just about everything FLG says today.....