Hello Taira, welcome!

Am I right in thinking that this is your situation so far? 

- You were diagnosed with Hep C 4 years ago

- Further blood tests came back showing that your viral load was very low?

- You were told that you didn`t need any treatment just now?  

- And you want to have blood tests done while you are in the UK to confirm that? 

As a visitor to the UK you can register with a GP (General Practitioner) as a temporary patient if your viist is less than 3 months.  You need to find a GP Surgery near to where you are staying, and ask if you can be registered as a visitor.  When you have an appointment to see a doctor (GP) you can ask whether you can have a Hep C viral load done and the doctor will tell you whether this is possible.  As you are only here for 1 month there will not be much time to arrange blood tests and wait for results. 

I hope that helps, and I hope I have understood your situation.  I wish you the best of luck...

-- Edited by Cinnamon Girl on Tuesday 21st of June 2016 07:42:51 PM

Hi Tiara,

I have something similar on my hands and face sometimes, and I was diagnosed with a form of eczema. I think it is an allergy based one that I only developed this year. I was on no medication so it is an immune system dysfunction. The best thing is to have a Doctor look at it, but I don't think its a direct result of Hep C, but more a challenged immune system problem as I have no fibroses. Perhaps others can add to this?

You shouldn't drink any alcohol as this can accelerate the disease progression, nor can you drink on medication if you are given any. I think some of the others can advice better on your symptoms as I don't know if it is eczema. I think you mean you were advised to not drink, I had to read that twice. :)

L 

-- Edited by Loopy Lisa on Tuesday 21st of June 2016 01:00:38 PM

Bocco Lupo Taira :)

Thank you Lisa
I do not know that genotype are, but I remember that I had been biopsy and was told that the percentage of viruses and so little that almost nothing ,and I analysis  of my blood unique perfect

thing I have to do and do not eat healthy and drink alchool  and have  the control once upon of six mounth.

The only thing that my  worries me that lately I saw that I  smoll red spots  on my body.

  I  dont know is this   allergy as possible of change of the country or something else and had to of liver.

Ciao Taira,

The answer is you must be registered by a doctor, he must make tests and then you will be referred to a specialist. Currently, I do not believe you can treat any faster than in Italy because they have a lack of funds in the UK.

You stated you were tested in Italy and you were told you do not need to treat currently. Do you know what genotype you are?

Lisa

I believe what you are being told is that you are positive for the Antibody but not the Virus itself.

I also believe you are asking for help in navigating the Health System in England. Maybe someone can chime in on that?

God Bless

JimmyK

hello  the hepatitis there and I was diagniosticate  four years ago in Italy, but I had all essami normal told me that in my case I do not needed  of medicine .

Poi now I want to take exams in England, but like now I have to change the city, no lo I know how

qui. I m here 1 mounth

hello pablo the hepatitis there and I was diagniosticata four years ago in Italy, but I had all essami normal told me that in my case I do not bisognio of cura.Poi now I want to take exams in England, but like now I have to change the city, no lo I know how funcziona qui.Sono here 1 mounth

Hello Tania,

From this as well as the message you sent me I believe you are saying,

1) You are detected for the Hep C Anti Body.

2) However your further analysis came back good.

It is possible you have come in contact with but not gotten Hep C. Maybe 20% of people infected fight the virus by immune system.

Have your Doctor send you to a specialist. A hepatologist. Have that specialist run a HEP C RNA test. Then we will go from there.

God Bless You and we will do what we can to help. Clearly there is a bit of a language barrier but that is ok. We will work through that too!

JimmyK

Hi Tania,

Welcome to the forum, I'm glad you found us! If you could provide us with some additional information, it is helpful when replying. Tell us as much as you know about your diagnosis and we'll try to provide additional help.

In the meantime, here is a website that may help you understand things better.

The Hep C Trust

Hi there

Welcome to the forum.

How was the diagnosis made?  The first step is to see your general practitioner and ask him or her to refer you to see a hepatologist.  

Pablo

 I'm looking for information to me have diagiosticate  hepatiti C  c 4 years ago but I was told that i have analisi perfect ,but now i will to know  how  function sistemy of health in England