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Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.

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Anyone understand lab results?

bagolady
bagolady
I read somewhere here that you should have copies of your lab results, so I got mine today. This was the initial lab results that resulted in the diagnosis. I have tried to figure this out on the net with no luck.

This was under Comment:
Strong reactive antibody screen is consistent with past or present HCV infection; verification testing is not required, Samples with high s/co ratios (>10.9) confirm reactive (95%), but
bagolady
bagolady
I got it! I found out how to do it on medhelp, I think that was the name of the site...
Just talking to myself here
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well far be it for me to interrupt your conversation...but, yeah, medhelp is an excellent site for clinical information.
bagolady
bagolady
You're the one that told me about it! I understood the normal range on testing but not how high the high is, if that makes sense. (That was directed to you, Kat.) I love researching stuff.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I say so many things who can remember them all :-)

Glad to have been of help.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Bagolady....................I think high depends on how tall ya are.:) For short people (like me)...................a little high can be real high.............but its not so high for a taller person.

Anyway...........to answer your question....................I don't have a clue.........but I do think it is a great idea to get and keep copies of all your blood work (any everything else::):)


There might be sumptin here that will help you................

http://www.hepatitis-central.com/hcv/labs/toc.html

Meanwhile...........I need to clean out my refrigerator.................:)
bagolady
bagolady
What an astute little bear you are! I have also found that being a short person... a little high can be real high. lol
I cleaned my fridge today so that I could be here just to hear that! ;)
deleted_user
deleted_user
Damn.......If I had known you were cleaning your's.............I could have got ya over here to clean MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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