SVR and damage reversal

[pjhep80]

has anyone SVR'd and then had a biop later on to determine if damage to the liver has been reversed?  isnt it true that as long as you are not cirrotic the liver can heal itself?

[justme53]

Perhaps it's the one Jim linked a couple months ago in the health pages above..."Members comments....."

[Max60]

Why yes. . . the liver can repair itself to an amazing degree post SVR.

A longitudinal study of people who treated and gained SVR  revealed the liver does heal itself. Biopsies were compared pre-tx and five years post. . . the results are amazing.

There are some bx pics about halfway down the page where even the untrained eye can see a big difference.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121477214/HTMLSTART?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Does anyone know of a thread that discusses post SVR issues on this board??? I thought I read that someone other  than me is interested in a discussion of life post SVR.

[pjhep80]

there is a fibrosure blood test available now also, just had one, it showed the same results as my biop 4 years ago... stage 2 grade 2...


i am guessing you rite nobody wants to go thru biop again and i bet insurance wont pay anyway

[bajawoman]

Read Andimo's post on the other side  Gives me hope I do not think he had a post bx but he seems to have a life again after SVR  I have read a post a while back where there was a discussion on post bx  I do not think it is a normal proceedure as the risk of bx but in the future we will have I am sure Fibroscan available once the FDA approves it and there are experienced techs to read the results
baja