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labs and their techniques? 7 years 5 months ago #22501

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Thank you for that.
Looked again at my test - 673.62 fmol/L
May be it is not "l" but "1" as it looks similar..
Never mind , I had 2 bloodbtests before with one if them given readings in units so notbthat relevant. If monitoring labs give results inbthe same format I shal make enquiries. Will keep your conversion table handy

Diagnosed September 2016.
1b
ALAT in 40s.
VL 460 000
Fibroscan 12.5
Start of treatment 18/10/16
Wk 2 VL 145
Wk 4 VL detected unquantifiable
Wk 8 VL detected unquantifiable
Wk 12 undetected
week 30 after eot - undetected

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labs and their techniques? 7 years 5 months ago #22522

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You are amazing Gaj. Seriously. #flower

G1a probably early 1980's, Biopsy F1(2010), F2-F3(2015). VL 5+mill; 2+mill (2014) Tx naive. Accessed Sof/Led through Dr Freeman at GP2U and Buyers Club (lifesavers!!!)
Commenced tx 12/11/15. 9 wk: VL <15 Detected but LFT = Normal 12 week results: UND (Yay!) Due to slow response commenced Sof/Dac 4 Feb for 12 weeks. EOT @ 24 weeks 27 April 2016. (With thanks to Dr Freeman et al). SVR11 result: VL 1,950,000. It's back!
New tx 030916 (Viekira Pak, Solvadi, Ribavirin UND @ 111116. EOT 170217.
SVR12 and SVR 24

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labs and their techniques? 7 years 5 months ago #22524

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What does get reported in fmol/L is HCV CORE ANTIGEN. This is a test like PCR (in that it is looking for and counting how much virus it can see).

Here is a paper: www.ejmm.edu.eg/beta/images/articles/April_2014/67-74.pdf

In the paper it says:

Based on this equation, it was possible to calculate that 3 fmol/L of total HCV core Ag is equivalent to 263 IU/mL HCV RNA

So that would be 1 fmol/L to 90 IU/ml of HCV RNA - call it 100

So your 673 represent a viral load of about 60,000

YMMV

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labs and their techniques? 7 years 5 months ago #22543

countless Offline Senior Member Posts: 45 Karma: 4 Thank you received: 80	Thank you. Shall be ready to look at my 2 weeks results then. Curious it went from 460 000 to 60 000 without any treatment. Diagnosed September 2016. 1b ALAT in 40s. VL 460 000 Fibroscan 12.5 Start of treatment 18/10/16 Wk 2 VL 145 Wk 4 VL detected unquantifiable Wk 8 VL detected unquantifiable Wk 12 undetected week 30 after eot - undetected