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  • 9 June 2017 at 1:52 am #26359
    2bornot2b
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    I keep reading this in people’s signatures and have no idea what it is. I’ve looked in the glossary and at all of my blood test results and there’s no sign of it. Can someone enlighten me please?

    2b diagnosed about 10 years ago
    Alt was 150 but got it down to a consistent 49 with Chinese herbal medicine
    Started dac/sof 27/03/17
    4 week test – liver function normal – alt 31
    full blood count normal
    RNA detected 26 IU/ml Log = 1.42
    9 week test 26/05/17
    bloods and liver function normal – alt 27
    RNA detected <10 IU/ml

    9 June 2017 at 4:05 am #26361
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    AST is Aspartate transaminase. Like ALT it is an enzyme that is often used as an indicator when investigating liver health. If you scroll down the wiki below to “Clinical Significance” you will see it is less specific to the liver compared with ALT but still useful.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartate_transaminase

    G3a since ’78 – Dx ’12 – F4 (2xHCC)
    24wk Tx – PEG/Riba/Dac 2013 relapsed
    24wk Tx – Generic Sof/Dac/Riba 2015/16 relapsed
    16wk Tx – 12/01/17 -> 03/05/17 NS3/NS5a + Generic Sof
    SVR7 – 22/06/17 UND
    SRV12 – 27/07/17 UND
    SVR24 – 26/10/17 UND
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