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Author Topic: When are you truly no longer 'contagious'?  (Read 5338 times)

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Offline Perca05

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When are you truly no longer 'contagious'?
« on: April 30, 2015, 07:16:06 pm »
So...at the end of my 12 weeks, when my labs come back and it says 'undetectable' (I'm praying)  will that mean that if my husband mistakenly uses my toothbrush, he will not get HCV?  If I bleed on a friend from an accidental cut, is my blood safe?

Thank you

Offline Lynn K

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Re: When are you truly no longer 'contagious'?
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2015, 09:06:36 pm »
Hi Perca05

You are considered clear of hep c at 12 weeks post treatment not at EOT (end of treatment).

Twelve weeks post if still undetected is called SVR 12 Sustained Virologic Response.

If you make SVR 12 you have a 99.8% probability of staying virus free.

You still wont be allowed to donate blood because the blood banks just test for the Hep c antibody and you will always test positive for the hep c antibodies but not for the virus.

Good Luck wishing you SVR forever!
Genotype 1a
1978 contracted, 1990 Dx
1995 Intron A failed
2001 Interferon Riba null response
2003 Pegintron Riba trial med null response
2008 F4 Cirrhosis Bx
2014 12 week Sov/Oly relapse
10/14 fibroscan 27 PLT 96
2014 24 weeks Harvoni 15 weeks Riba
5/4/15 EOT not detected, ALT 21, AST 20
4 week post not detected, ALT 26, AST 28
12 week post NOT DETECTED (07/27/15)
ALT 29, AST 27 PLT 92
24 week post NOT DETECTED! (10/19/15)
44 weeks (3/11/16)  fibroscan 33, PLT 111, HCV NOT DETECTED!
I AM FREE!

 


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