My husband was told his hep c has gone away, Is that possible?

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This came from our family dr. He was first diagnosed three years ago.

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When people are diagnosed with Hep C, the doctor will order a VIRAL LOAD which reports exactly how much of the virus exists in the body. A high viral load means that the person has more of the virus in their system. Conversely, if someone has a low viral load, they have a low amount of the virus in their system.
I am assuming your husband went through the Intereferon treatments to interefere with the progression of the virus. If this is the case..
Obviously you know that throughout treatment your husband went in for periodic blood tests. The doctor was checking his viral load which tells how well the treatment is working. As long as your husband's viral load was decreasing, it means the treatment was effective. There becomes a point where the Hep C viral load becomes indetectable.. meaning the viral load is basically 0. This doesn't mean that it is cured, as your husband will always run the risk of having the virus become active again, but at this point he has no detectable Hep Viral particles in his system. So for all intents and purposes, he is cured. At this point he is less contageous than before. Technically if he has no virus in his system, he cannot pass it along.
I hope this informations helps and good luck to you and your husband in the future!! Congrats!

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I know a guy same thing,,,lotsa milk thistle

He may not have the symptoms of the disease anymore, but it never leaves your system. It could return. He can't give blood or donate organs. no

I don't think that is possible. He will always be a carrier

No, it never goes away, it's a virus that lives in the body. You can have flare ups, but once you have the disease it does not go away. You need to look this up on line, you can get it by blood transmission, like if you two share needles, ect.

There is no cure for Hep C I'd get a second opinion. And if the second opinion says neg. Then thats great news!But I'm sure it's always there:( According to the attached link, once diagnoses - always at risk for transmission.

There are some studies that show that once the virus is undetectable for 6 months after the last interfuron injection that they can be called "cured", however that does not negate the potential for reoccurrance and contageousness.

So, yes it's possible that he was told that, but that doesn't negate the need to take precautions against transferring the disease.

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