Hep C antibodies but no virus, resolved by immune system
Lindsay said
Jan 11, 2012
My fiancee reports the pain in her side too and says she can feel her liver swelling like when's she sick. I'm glad that you were able to clear the virus without treatment. I hope you can find relief soon from any pain and that you can get some answers as to what's going on.
Rocks911 said
Jan 11, 2012
Thanks Minerva for the kind welcome. It's kinda strange, this side pain, its what brought me to the doctors office in the first place before I went down the hep C road and it is still with me.
I'm left with my original question to the docs...."why does it hurt here?" It has for literally years and the docs do rudementary tests and are done. Kinda frustrating
Minerva said
Jan 10, 2012
Hi Rocks and a warm welcome to the forum.
Congrats on your spontaneous clearance!! Some doctors do not like to acknowledge that any pain actually comes from the liver, although i have heard of many people who have experienced this over the years.
The liver is really good at regenerating so if you have cleared the virus and are living a relatively healthy lifestyle, personally i would think that your liver will recover some over time.
Wish you all the best.
Hugs
Heather xxx
Rocks911 said
Jan 10, 2012
Howdy all,
New to the site, thanks in advance for anyone willing to share thoughts.
I had a pain in my side for years and it took 3 doctors to finally tell me why. I wasnt satisfied with the answer of my first doc who shot an x-ray and reported that he saw nothing unusual and that was the end of his searching for an answer. I was disatisfied with that so I went to another doc who did an ultrasound and told me I had a fatty liver but that was all he had to share on the subject. So on to my 3rd doctor who sent me to an internest that told me I had Hep C antibodies.
Finally someone on the right track I thought. He had blood drawn and the test results came back that there was no active virus. He said that "they" didnt do part of the test...that they should have done an RNA test...but that given the results that he did have in hand that he was sure that I had no active virus.
I asked "will this be a recurring problem, can it crop up again" and he replied that it cannot, that I am done with this issue. He said that some time in my past I was exposed and that my immune system eradictaed the virus. He said I was very lucky because the statistics for such a thing is about 15% of people exposed to the virus.
I asked what about the pain in my side and he didnt really have an answer, in fact he didnt really speak to the topic. His point was more about how lucky I was to not have the virus active.
I'm thinking that the virus and fairly heavy drinking in my life had led to the constant pain in my side (pain is a little strong, mostly its uncomfortable) and hopefully with time and not drinking it will go away.
Does this sound like a logical disease process? To have been exposed, had my immune system dispatch the virus and have lasting discomfort in my (liver) side?
Thanks Minerva for the kind welcome. It's kinda strange, this side pain, its what brought me to the doctors office in the first place before I went down the hep C road and it is still with me.
I'm left with my original question to the docs...."why does it hurt here?" It has for literally years and the docs do rudementary tests and are done. Kinda frustrating
Hi Rocks and a warm welcome to the forum.
Congrats on your spontaneous clearance!!
Some doctors do not like to acknowledge that any pain actually comes from the liver, although i have heard of many people who have experienced this over the years.
The liver is really good at regenerating so if you have cleared the virus and are living a relatively healthy lifestyle, personally i would think that your liver will recover some over time.
Wish you all the best.
Hugs
Heather xxx
Howdy all,
New to the site, thanks in advance for anyone willing to share thoughts.
I had a pain in my side for years and it took 3 doctors to finally tell me why. I wasnt satisfied with the answer of my first doc who shot an x-ray and reported that he saw nothing unusual and that was the end of his searching for an answer. I was disatisfied with that so I went to another doc who did an ultrasound and told me I had a fatty liver but that was all he had to share on the subject. So on to my 3rd doctor who sent me to an internest that told me I had Hep C antibodies.
Finally someone on the right track I thought. He had blood drawn and the test results came back that there was no active virus. He said that "they" didnt do part of the test...that they should have done an RNA test...but that given the results that he did have in hand that he was sure that I had no active virus.
I asked "will this be a recurring problem, can it crop up again" and he replied that it cannot, that I am done with this issue. He said that some time in my past I was exposed and that my immune system eradictaed the virus. He said I was very lucky because the statistics for such a thing is about 15% of people exposed to the virus.
I asked what about the pain in my side and he didnt really have an answer, in fact he didnt really speak to the topic. His point was more about how lucky I was to not have the virus active.
I'm thinking that the virus and fairly heavy drinking in my life had led to the constant pain in my side (pain is a little strong, mostly its uncomfortable) and hopefully with time and not drinking it will go away.
Does this sound like a logical disease process? To have been exposed, had my immune system dispatch the virus and have lasting discomfort in my (liver) side?