Hepatitis C Indeterminate result

[Mariomario89]

Hi

I had some routine blood tests at my GP surgery for a number of different things including hepatitis C.
My Hepatitis C result came back indeterminate.
I have never used drugs and I have no health problems whatsoever.
However a few months ago I engaged in a homosexual act 'fisting', where I fisted this other guy, this was the first time I did anything high risk and I didn't even realise it was risky at the time.
I had no cuts or anything.

So I had my 2nd blood test for hep C yesterday and have to wait 10 days for result and I am so anxious! I'm constantly thinking about and very very depressed.

What are the chances the results come back hep c positive?

[Mariomario89]

So relieved, this has put things in perspective
Thanks guys :)

[dontworry_behappy1]

Congratulations!  

[AWorriedMom]

That's great news!

[Mariomario89]

Got my result back, RNA test came back negative, so doc reckons I must've had it in the past? :)
So good news I guess, she's says this means I'm definitely 100% not infected currently

[flyinlynn]

Hep c requires blood to blood exchange for transmission. If there was no blood to blood contact there should be no risk.

As the others have mentioned is as also possible to have been exposed to hep c at some other time so getting tested is not a bad idea. If you are has nights test for the virus HCV RNA by PCR and it shows not detected you do not have hep c. If you have the hep c antibody test and it is negative you do not have hep c

Enjoy your life in health
Lynn

[Mariomario89]

Hi
Thanks so much for ur help
No ther was no bleeding at all, and I had no cuts or anything
Hopefully it will be good news :) stressing so much
Cheers :)

[Dee1956]

Hi I got this information off of a health website.  It was about the new drug Harvoni, I didn't think you needed that so am just sending this.
Was your hand bleeding during your experience?  You both would have to be bleeding for you to contract it.  Also one of you would have to have HCV.

Hepatitis C is spread mainly by blood-to-blood contact. Injection drug users, people who snort drugs and share straws or rolled dollar bills, and men who have sex with men are at risk.

However, the disease can also be spread in tattoo and piercing parlors that do not use proper sterilization techniques. Prior to HIV and AIDS, sterilization procedures in hospitals and other healthcare settings were not as stringent as they are now.

The disease could also have been spread via blood transfusions, as it was not even identified until 1989. For all of the above risk factors, baby boomers have been designated as especially at risk. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called for all people born between 1945 and 1965 to be tested for the virus. The CDC estimates that more than 3 million Americans have the disease, and most don’t know they have it. Hepatitis C can linger for decades before presenting symptoms such as jaundice and fatigue. If left untreated, it can cause cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver, and eventually death.

[Dee1956]

Hi there.  Hang in there you may be fine, even if you have it it is very slow moving.  Most people don't find out til 20 or 30 years after transmission. There are other ways  that  the virus is transmitted.  Your latest experience could have nothing at all to do with your indeterminate test.
It happened to me with a gamma globulin shot that I got after being exposed to Hepatitis, back in the 70's.  It was a blood product, who knew?
If you ever shared another persons razor or toothbrush you could have picked up microscopic blood particles
If you ever shared a dollar bill or straw to snort anything.  If you had a tattoo before they knew how sterile it needed to be or a manicure or pedicure.
Hang in there, let us know how you do.
D