for the sewcond time in 12 years I was diagnosed with hep c then told no I don t have it AI must have had it a long time ago and it cured itself. I had the ultrasound of my liver done and additional bloodtests. The high liver enzymes were not indicative of hep c. How can I have had hep c and it doesn t show up every year with my annual checkup that includes blood work.? If I had Hep C and it is showing up but isn/t active can it become active that causes damage?
Thank you for asking Chat Doctor. My name is Chat Doctor. You have mentioned your annual yearly check up which included your blood work that didn't shown hep C ...after completion of the Standard therapy, still there are risks for the development of hepatitis C relapse and certain factors are responsible for that which were presented by a French research team in 2010 at Boston. The research team determined what variables made someone more likely to relapse after receiving the standard Hepatitis C treatment consisting of regulated interferon and ribavirinThe factors that seemed to increase the risk of relapse include:1- Being infected with Hepatitis C genotype 1 (notorious infection) and 42- Having a significant amount of liver stenosis which is infiltration of liver cells with fat (this hinders treatment)3- Receiving a reduced dose of regulated interferon4- Being obese5- Being menopausal you just need to visit your physician to evaluate physically and via Labs for recurrence symptoms Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything is not clear. Thanks.