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two things

can a person have autoimmune hep C and hep C? what are the chances ?
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no iam not
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Are you the evil twin of wandwow676?  
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Dr is checking for cause viral 4 weeks after tx was only 91 and then 1 week later my ast and alt are in the 200's.. iam so made at this devil attacking me.. I feel great and plan on living a long life to aggravate my kids and grands..LOL.. Iam a postive thinker..
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96938 tn?1189799858
Two conditions; autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis c (not really autoimmune hepatitis c).  Yes, it's possible to have both.  Over the years a few people posting here have reported as having both. A tricky situation in that the treatments for each, in general, are opposite.  In one, stimulate the immmune system and the other supress it somewhat.  See a very experinced doc for the right diagnostic tests.
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276730 tn?1327962946
There is autoimmune hepatitis and Hep C. Usually you are checked for that when Hep C diagnosis is made. Im surprised you werent.

Good Luck.
You can google AIH to get ore info I dont know all details except  your body attacks itself.....sort of like a Lupus situation but with the liver.

Hope you are seeing a good hepatologist they are on top of things.

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