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I was positive for hepatitis c and then my doctor took another test to see if it was active. it was and it was 4 million what does that mean?
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Active: Active means your liver is infected and did not clear this dangerous virus on its own. You must work with your a Hep C specialist to be ready to take the pills that will cure you by the end of this year.
Answered 8/29/2017
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Active&4MillionCount: Active means that disease is active.Active means that you are actively infected with HepatitisC,and inactive means that you ha(ve had HepC in past and your body has made IGG Antibodies against the virus And 4 million is the Viral count(Load).Count 200000to1million is low count.I million 5 million eq/ml is medium,5to25millionis high,count over 25 million is very high. Follow with Liver Specialist
Answered 11/7/2017
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Active : Viral load or count doesn't mean anything other than an active infection. The absolute value has no relevance other than for determining length of treatment in a patient that has never received treatment and does not have cirrhosis. Harvoni for example can be used for 8 weeks instead of 12 in genotype 1 patients. You're genotype needs to be determined more than anything
Answered 9/18/2016
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