HCV RNA

[Buba1962]

Having trouble interpreting labs .
HCV viral load PCR iu/ml 506604
HCV viral load RNA 5.70
Those numbers are from July
WBC 2.7
RBC 4.64
HGB 14.8
HCT 43.9
Platelet 61L.  ..these were from March

So if I am reading this correctly  WBC on low side plat.very low not sure what the viral load numbers mean ?

[slotgirl]

So you went through the treatment how bad was it? It took 9 months? Were you sick the whole time? Could you work?

[slotgirl]

You seem to have a very good grasp on what these numbers mean. MY numbers are very close to Bubbas but I also have Poorphria PCT from the hep C. These are my initial numbers maybe you can help interoperate mine as you did for Bubba
Anti -HCV Strong reactive
HCV RNA detected 596,000IU/ml plasma Log = 5.78
RT PCR method 15IUml or lower
WBC 6.20 My Ferrtian is 512 very high
RBC 5.40   SGOT 153
HGB17.5 SGPT 243 both of those way out of range
HCT51.

[Buba1962]

Thanks ,I started tx on Monday,peg sovaldi and RIBA. If you don't mind telling me ,why did you have to stop tx ? Hope your next one will be easier on you

[bluemetal]

In keeping it real in laymans terms: My viral load prior to tx was (in round figures) 177,000 per mililiter which is 177,000,000 per liter which, according to the COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS TagMan test conversion chart is 88,000,000. There are roughly 5.5 liters of blood in a 150 lb person. 5.5 x 88,000,000= 4,840,000,000 (4.8 billion copies in the entire bloodstream. This is typical for a cirrhotic with HCV forv 35 years. Anything over 5 log (1 to the 5th power) which is 100,000 iu/mL is considered "clinically significant", in the red flag zone. Should you be worried? Yes and no. Viral load is not a certain indicator of just how healthy or sick a person is. A billion copies of the virus, however, swimming through ones blood stream cant be a good thing. Its time for tx ASAP. Ill be going for roiund 2  in Oct, hopefully.

[bluemetal]

A high viral load is considered to be anything higher than 800,000 iu/L (2 million copies  or more of virus in the entire bloodstream). 800,000 iu/L is 800,000 standard units of virus per liter of blood. The actual number of virus copies may be higher or lower. Ex: a viral load of 50-100 copies per mililiter is equivillant to 25-50 iu/mL. My own HCV RNA Quantitive results just came back: UNDETECTED. This was 2 weeks after my last dose of Sovaldi-Olysio which I only took for 22 days before terminating tx. Im a gt 1a  F-4 cirrhosis (compensated). The likelihood of the virus reappearing is almost certain. Previous HCV RNA Quant test results before tx on S-O combo: 5/22/2014 --- 177042 iu/mL.  10/22/2013--105256 iu/mL.

[Buba1962]

Thanks