Hepatitis C-virus ( HCV / HEP C ) Infection : how is it tran Posted: 06-29-07 22:24pm
Doctor asked if she knew she had HEP C but
didn't explain any further. /can you
explain the blood tests and how she could
have got it. only had one other sexual
partner 2 years ago. With these tests
results where does she go from here.
Doctor told her nothing. She is not a
drug user neither is my son. She works in
a dry cleaners and sticks herself all the
time with pins in a jar would this do it.
She is very scared and scared for the
baby
The presence of "Anti-HCV antibodies class
IgG" indicates that your daughter in law
IS or WAS infected with Hepatitis C-virus
(HCV). Unfortunately, a HCV-infection can
be overcome in only 30% of the cases. In
those cases, the HCV-infection will be
cleaned completely from the body with no
consequences and permanent immunity from
the disease thereafter. If the antibodies
are the only evidence the doctors found,
they could suggest that she has already
overcome the infection and has developed
permanent immunity.
In the remaining 70% of these cases, an
acute HCV-infection progresses into
chronic hepatitis with final consequences
such as hepatic cirrhosis or hepatic
cancer. If her other laboratory reports
indicate positive findings such as
increased enzymes (AST, ALT, LDH) or
increased bilirubin, these tests could
indicate a chronic HCV-infection. Your son
and the baby MUST be tested for
HCV-infection as soon as possible because
HCV-infection is transmitted in the same
way as Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS: through
unprotected sex, using contaminated needle
for drug injection, open wound contact
with contaminated blood, from mother to
fetus during pregnancy, etc.
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