Hello! I've never used drugs a few years do not drink alcohol, always use a condom. Recently I did a blood test for hepatitis, HCV antibody test was positive, does this mean that I am sick with hepatitis C? Can the analysis be misleading due to medication on the eve of (in particular ascorbic acid, intramuscularly), as a result of supplementation (in particular amino acids and proteins)? Could I get infected through oral sex?

Respond Abdulaeva mechanics Ibragimovna, hepatology, gastroenterology, hepatology and gastroenterology clinic Medal positive test result for anti-HCV in blood is not evidence of chronic hepatitis C. In order to clarify the diagnosis should be doobsledovanie: PCR analysis for HCV RNA and Biochemical analysis of blood on the activity of liver enzymes ALT, AST. The criteria for the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis-C are the detection of HCV RNA and elevated ALT, AST in the blood. In very rare cases imuunofermentnaya analysis for antibodies to HCV can give false positive results, therefore recommend that it be repeated. Likely to be infected with hepatitis C virus infections unlikely. Similar question: ... to be exceeded false positive antibody test due to the reception on the eve of pritivovirusnyh drugs against the virus ...