The aim of treatment is to clear virus down to Undetectable levels in the plasma. In a patient with little liver damage, the virus should be cleared from the liver cells. It may persist in blood monocytes and some other tissues, but after SVR, the body can cope with this tiny amount of residual virus via the immune system. Relapse after SVR is given as <1% and this decreases over time, but you are never 'cured' in the true sense of the word. Cheers.
beingsassy said
Jul 9, 2014
I started tx with a vl of 19 million. Still UND after 4 weeks post tx. Will have more labs done in late nov. A high viral load is a negative predictor on the tx I was on but that is just one. I had about 3 negative predictors but they say 4 is the cutoff for a good expected result. So I'm hopeful. A high vl does not mean u won't be cured. I think we just need to keep hope alive even if we don't get the cure on the first try. I know if I relapse, I'll try again. Probably not right away but after a while i will. I think positive thinking is important on any tx which is why we are all here. To have a place to vent, support and knowledge.
gigi
Omar said
Jul 9, 2014
mallani wrote:
Hi Bama,
It means you have 2.6 million viruses per ml of blood. That's 2.6 billion per litre. Average blood volume is 5 litres, so that's 13 billion viruses in the blood. It's estimated that blood contains about half the virus, so total viral particles in the body is 26 billion. As so many viral replications don't survive, this is why the total replications per day is about 1 trillion. Best not to think about it !
Depending on who you listen to, that's a medium- high VL. Cheers.
Hi Mallani
Does the tx remove the virus from the body or only from the blood?
If not removed from the body, can it again become active if the immune system weakens?
Thanks
TazKat said
Jul 7, 2014
lol huey!!! mine was 1,250,000 when I started treatment.
Huey said
Jul 7, 2014
mallani wrote:
Hi Bama,
It means you have 2.6 million viruses per ml of blood. That's 2.6 billion per litre. Average blood volume is 5 litres, so that's 13 billion viruses in the blood. It's estimated that blood contains about half the virus, so total viral particles in the body is 26 billion. As so many viral replications don't survive, this is why the total replications per day is about 1 trillion. Best not to think about it !
Depending on who you listen to, that's a medium- high VL. Cheers.
This reminds me of a bounced check.
hepcinbama said
Jul 7, 2014
holy smoke ! throw some hep c on the Barbie! are you kidding me I thought 2 million was a lot you officially blew my mind ! that was mind boggling! thank you for the info an I do want to say I had the extreme pleasure of spending 7 days in your country in 1982 in the beautiful town of Perth an got the pleasure of diving Rottnest island the cleanest country I ever visited an the most hospitable people I ever met they came to our ship an picked us up took us to their homes feed us an took us out on the town an would not let us spend a dime .I felt very welcome there ! an the beer was a wicked strong !
mallani said
Jul 7, 2014
Hi Bama,
It means you have 2.6 million viruses per ml of blood. That's 2.6 billion per litre. Average blood volume is 5 litres, so that's 13 billion viruses in the blood. It's estimated that blood contains about half the virus, so total viral particles in the body is 26 billion. As so many viral replications don't survive, this is why the total replications per day is about 1 trillion. Best not to think about it !
Depending on who you listen to, that's a medium- high VL. Cheers.
hepcinbama said
Jul 7, 2014
thank you
Gracie said
Jul 7, 2014
Medium ... I've seen them as high as 25,000,000. Viral load changes daily though, so not a predictor of liver damage. Just a baseline to measure treatment success.
hepcinbama said
Jul 7, 2014
hep c quantitation 2600000 copies ml this is what my paperwork said! is this high, low, med average? an what dose it mean there are 2million 600 thousand hep c viruses in me ?
Hi Omar,
The aim of treatment is to clear virus down to Undetectable levels in the plasma. In a patient with little liver damage, the virus should be cleared from the liver cells. It may persist in blood monocytes and some other tissues, but after SVR, the body can cope with this tiny amount of residual virus via the immune system. Relapse after SVR is given as <1% and this decreases over time, but you are never 'cured' in the true sense of the word. Cheers.
I started tx with a vl of 19 million. Still UND after 4 weeks post tx. Will have more labs done in late nov. A high viral load is a negative predictor on the tx I was on but that is just one. I had about 3 negative predictors but they say 4 is the cutoff for a good expected result. So I'm hopeful. A high vl does not mean u won't be cured. I think we just need to keep hope alive even if we don't get the cure on the first try. I know if I relapse, I'll try again. Probably not right away but after a while i will. I think positive thinking is important on any tx which is why we are all here. To have a place to vent, support and knowledge.
gigi
Hi Mallani
Does the tx remove the virus from the body or only from the blood?
If not removed from the body, can it again become active if the immune system weakens?
Thanks
lol huey!!! mine was 1,250,000 when I started treatment.
This reminds me of a bounced check.
holy smoke ! throw some hep c on the Barbie! are you kidding me I thought 2 million was a lot you officially blew my mind ! that was mind boggling! thank you for the info an I do want to say I had the extreme pleasure of spending 7 days in your country in 1982 in the beautiful town of Perth an got the pleasure of diving Rottnest island the cleanest country I ever visited an the most hospitable people I ever met they came to our ship an picked us up took us to their homes feed us an took us out on the town an would not let us spend a dime .I felt very welcome there ! an the beer was a wicked strong !
Hi Bama,
It means you have 2.6 million viruses per ml of blood. That's 2.6 billion per litre. Average blood volume is 5 litres, so that's 13 billion viruses in the blood. It's estimated that blood contains about half the virus, so total viral particles in the body is 26 billion. As so many viral replications don't survive, this is why the total replications per day is about 1 trillion. Best not to think about it !
Depending on who you listen to, that's a medium- high VL. Cheers.
thank you
Medium ... I've seen them as high as 25,000,000. Viral load changes daily though, so not a predictor of liver damage. Just a baseline to measure treatment success.
hep c quantitation 2600000 copies ml this is what my paperwork said! is this high, low, med average? an what dose it mean there are 2million 600 thousand hep c viruses in me ?