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Offline frooze

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Name of test
« on: July 08, 2015, 12:16:17 am »
Just a quick question.  I heard my family Doctor ask for a liver panel but I thinks this only checks the working status of the liver. What is the medical terminology name of the test that checks to see if someone has Hep C?  I see it people here say viral load but what does the Doctor tell the lab in medical terms?
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Offline sapphire101

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Re: Name of test
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2015, 12:36:02 am »
You are correct, you need more than the liver panel to detect Hepatitis.
Hepatitis RNA quantitative is the term my lab uses. There is also a hepatitis antibody check, but just shows if you have been exposed to hepatitis virus.
The quantitative counts the little buggers and tells you how high your viral load is.
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Online Lynn K

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Re: Name of test
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2015, 04:34:13 am »
There is the Hep c antibody test if that is clear you don't have hep c. If the antibody test is positive you may have hep c the next test would be the test for the virus itself mine have been called HCV RNA by PCR which will also provide a viral load.

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Offline drummerman

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Re: Name of test
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2015, 02:33:55 pm »
my paper work calls it:

HCV RT-PCR, Quant
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