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Sex after treatment and remission.

Hi, I have HCV Geno Type 2 and was treated 51/2  years ago. I have been in remission for 5. I was told that there is a 5% chance of contracting the virus through unprotected sex, which is very low percentage. Well, being celebate for some time, and when I am in a monogamous relationship and being in remission what are the chances of me passing the virus on to him?
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179856 tn?1333547362
if you have been SVR for 5 years you are done with the disease there is no chance of infecting anyone because you don't have it any longer.
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206807 tn?1331936184
You will carry the HCV Antibodies for the rest of your life. Don’t worry about it; you are fine (assuming that you haven’t done anything to get re-infected). Just because you have the antibodies does not mean you are immune to HCV. It just means you once had it.
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1663374 tn?1302878657
I did have genotype 2 Hepatitis C  Ten years ago and since I had the treatment with rivabirin and interferon 10 years ago; always in my blood test it shows that I do have the antibodies for Hepatitis C, but there not virus at all, and my doctor said "Congratulation you have no virus" I have done the test several times  during  the last 10 years with same results.
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206807 tn?1331936184
Rock his world
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you are done.  get on with life,  congrats for getting into a relationshp, now enjoy life.
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svr is classed as 99 % , so you should be fine
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There is no remission with hepc.  Either you are cured and no active virus is present or your not.

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You are not in remission,you are cured.
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