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False Positives

My spouse has Hep C and I recently tested positive, but with further testing, it was proven to be a false positive.
Does anyone know if having MS can cause false positives?
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I believe the other poster was also from the same town as you?  just rewording the question perhaps?
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No, I also researched this and MS cannot cause a Hep C false positive, because as ess says, hep c is a virus and ms is neurological.

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Oops, I think I misread your question. I have never read or heard that MS can cause  a false positive for some other disease. Hep C is a virus, and MS, being neurological, does not involve a virus in any way.
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No, there are no false positives in MS because there are no tests that in themselves prove MS.

If a patient undergoes tests that do indicate MS, they are just that, indications or evidence. If a particular test does not point in that direction, that does not mean the person doesn't have MS. It's the overall weight of things that counts. A lumbar puncture may be positive or negative, so can evoked potentials  and other lab tests.

MRIs are the most important component in evaluating for MS, because they can clearly demonstrate the lesions that are intrinsic to the disease. But sometimes lesions don't show on MRI. In today.s world, few people will get an MS diagnosis without evidence of lesions as shown on MRI, but before this technology was available, doctors relied mainly on their in-office neurological exams.

In the final analysis, MS is a clinical diagnosis. There are no hard-and-fast tests for it.

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