Crohn's and Hep c

[kr34j]

Does Crohn's disease affect an hepatits c antibody test... and if so how long should you wait to be tested after exposure? Exposure was through a sub q needle stick at work... i was wearing gloves and got tested 7 and a half months after it. Negative results but I have had crohn's disease for at least 2-3 years... I am currently taking ASACOL HD 800mg 2 tabs twice a day.. i also have ulcerated colitis... I have ocasional diarrhea nothing to bad. I just had blood work done and everything was nearly perfect except my globulin was 3.7 high... max is 3.5.... liver functions were completely normal?

[Bill1954]

Immunocompromised individuals can experience delayed seroconversion of HCV antibodies. I’m personally unfamiliar with Chron’s; the rate of percutaneous needlestick transmission for HCV among health care workers is low, however:

Needle stick Risk for Occupational Transmission of HCV

HCV is not transmitted efficiently through occupational exposures to blood. The average incidence of anti-HCV seroconversion after accidental percutaneous exposure from an HCV-positive source is 1.8% (range: 0%--7%) (73--76), with one study indicating that transmission occurred only from hollow-bore needles compared with other sharps (75).

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5011a1.htm




--Bill

[Trinity4]

No, at 7 1/2 months you would test positive for antibodies regardless of Crohn's or the medication you're taking if the virus was present.

Trinity