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From: Rob on 23 Jun 2008 09:29
Hi everyone,
7 years ago I was diagnosed with HCV+, I am not realy sure which type, but I
remeber that my doctor told me that's one of the easier ones to deal with.
Anyway after 6 month of self injection and pills, they told me that I am
fine and dont need to use any other medication.
Now still after 7 yrs, my blood works show that my liver anzime are fine but
still HCV positive. my family doctor says thats fine, and I am ok. But I am
not sure what does that results excactly mean? Is my liver still damaging?
if so, can I do anything about it? Can I transfer HCV to someone by say
blood transfering? not sure where I am standing.
Thanks in advance for any advise.
Rob


From: Cactus Jammies on 23 Jun 2008 10:27
Hi Rob,
Congratulations on your cure. I understand that once you have had contact
with HC Virus, your blood will always carry the markers for immunilogical
response that your body has had to deal with the virus on its own. That is
why you cannot donate blood or organs. You would be identified as 'having'
HCV. To really ease your mind, you could have a Quantitative PCR done.
They are pretty expensive. I think you would wind up getting results
something like 'undetectable at less than a certain number, baseline'
because the lab would not be able to find any viable virons in your system
to count. Just the detrius and junk of 'dead' RNA floating around.

hope this helps

cactus jammies
"Rob" <rob(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:485fa547$1(a)news.sentex.net...
> Hi everyone,
> 7 years ago I was diagnosed with HCV+, I am not realy sure which type, but
> I remeber that my doctor told me that's one of the easier ones to deal
> with. Anyway after 6 month of self injection and pills, they told me that
> I am fine and dont need to use any other medication.
> Now still after 7 yrs, my blood works show that my liver anzime are fine
> but still HCV positive. my family doctor says thats fine, and I am ok. But
> I am not sure what does that results excactly mean? Is my liver still
> damaging? if so, can I do anything about it? Can I transfer HCV to someone
> by say blood transfering? not sure where I am standing.
> Thanks in advance for any advise.
> Rob
>
>


From: greyhackles on 23 Jun 2008 10:37
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:29:43 -0400, "Rob" <rob(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>7 years ago I was diagnosed with HCV+, I am not realy sure which type, but I
>remeber that my doctor told me that's one of the easier ones to deal with.
>Anyway after 6 month of self injection and pills, they told me that I am
>fine and dont need to use any other medication.
>Now still after 7 yrs, my blood works show that my liver anzime are fine but
>still HCV positive. my family doctor says thats fine, and I am ok. But I am
>not sure what does that results excactly mean? Is my liver still damaging?
>if so, can I do anything about it? Can I transfer HCV to someone by say
>blood transfering? not sure where I am standing.
>Thanks in advance for any advise.
>Rob

You have to ask what the phrase "still HCV positive" actually means - because
in the context of the rest of your post, it is unclear if you're still
infected - or simply continuing to show "anti-HCV antibodies". The latter
condition is pretty much a benign, permanent "feature" of prior infection. The
former, otoh, is not.

If you've had a recent *viral load* test, and "still HCV positive" is the
result, then you're still infected and could certainly "transfer HCV" with
your blood. Exhibiting normal-range LFTs does not preclude continued damage to
your body - and liver damage is only one manifestation of chronic HCV
infection.

Contact your doctor and ask him to explain what "still HCV positive" means...

/greyhackles
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