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Really good answer, the questions was not clear or complete enough for me to answer
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Dee
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Dee
As Will posted, you either have Hepatitis C or you do not have it.
If you ever had Hepatitis C you will always have a positive antibody (for life).
If you had active Hep C in the past and your body was able to successfully fight it off (about 15% of the cases), you no longer have Hep C, but you will still carry the positive antibodies for life.
If you contracted Hepatitis C in the past and your body could not fight off the disease (about 85% of cases), then you are infected with the Hep C virus and, after the acute phase of the infection ( first 6 months of infection), those 85% go on to develop active chronic Hep C. These people do have the active disease and they are infectious.
So, either you had acute Hepatitis C and fought it off ( your antibody test is positive but your PCR is negative) OR you have active chronic Hepatitis C and have both a positive antibody test and a positive PCR.
If you have a positive PCR then you have active Hepatitis C. As Will said, you either have Hep C or you do not. There is no such thing as inactive Hepatitis C.
A person can have chronic Hep C for years/decades and have no or minimal symptoms. However, the Hep C virus is still busy doing its damage whether you have symptoms or not.
Your question is a little unclear but hopefully these responses help answer your question.
If you ever had Hepatitis C you will always have a positive antibody (for life).
If you had active Hep C in the past and your body was able to successfully fight it off (about 15% of the cases), you no longer have Hep C, but you will still carry the positive antibodies for life.
If you contracted Hepatitis C in the past and your body could not fight off the disease (about 85% of cases), then you are infected with the Hep C virus and, after the acute phase of the infection ( first 6 months of infection), those 85% go on to develop active chronic Hep C. These people do have the active disease and they are infectious.
So, either you had acute Hepatitis C and fought it off ( your antibody test is positive but your PCR is negative) OR you have active chronic Hepatitis C and have both a positive antibody test and a positive PCR.
If you have a positive PCR then you have active Hepatitis C. As Will said, you either have Hep C or you do not. There is no such thing as inactive Hepatitis C.
A person can have chronic Hep C for years/decades and have no or minimal symptoms. However, the Hep C virus is still busy doing its damage whether you have symptoms or not.
Your question is a little unclear but hopefully these responses help answer your question.
Do u mean Undetected hcv? or antibody positive? but PCR negative? in that case HEP c is no longer is your body and inactive might mean undetected or not active and it doesnt not have any damage to ur liver or health whatsoever..
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