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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / February 2006High VL
Hey everyone, I had my appoitment yesterday with my RN. My VL was at 10.5 mil. Holy cow. When I started my first tx it was only 1.5 mil. I've heard that people with really high VL may have less of a chance clearing the virus. Has anyone else run into this problem? Don't despair! Your viral load is just outside what's considered the medium range (2-10 million). Viral load fluctuates, so you may have been tested when it was running on the high side, for you. My opinion is that it would be worth considering doing daily Infergen for a month or so, in your case, to get your viral load as low as possible early on in your tx, then switch over to Peglyated interferon if and when things start to get a little 'hairy'. elmo //////////////// High VL Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2006, 5:28am (CST-2) From: puckertoe@dontspamme@puckertoe.com (Puckertoe) Hey everyone, I had my appoitment yesterday with my RN. My VL was at 10.5 mil. Holy cow. When I started my first tx it was only 1.5 mil. I've heard that people with really high VL may have less of a chance clearing the virus. Has anyone else run into this problem? http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Listen to the Doc! My vl fluctuated over 3 months from ranges of 52,000 to 535 to over a million. I really don't understand why there are such fluctuations but I am sure someone can explain it to you. Mags >Listen to the Doc! My vl fluctuated over 3 months from ranges of >52,000 to 535 to over a million. I really don't understand why there >are such fluctuations but I am sure someone can explain it to you. > >Mags It's the ebb and flow of battle between an immune system that just won't ignore the virus and a virus that can mutate to elude the immune system. If the immune system is winning this week, next week the virus will mutate, regain numbers, and once *it* is winning it will drift back to its original coding. Considering the virus can replicate a trillion copies of itself in a single day, an order of magnitude change in VL between any two tests probably shouldn't be something to be alarmed about... Cheers /greyhackles Amazing knowledge. Thanks Mags going to hepc school Interesting, I only took immunosuppresants for about 2 weeks after my transplant. I do have days of extreme brain fog and fatigue. But my last blood/liver workup looked pretty good! ( no RNA test was ordered though)  SignatureShawn (use the "reply feature on your browser to send a private reply via E-Mail.) >>Listen to the Doc! My vl fluctuated over 3 months from ranges of >>52,000 to 535 to over a million. I really don't understand why there [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > /greyhackles I'm just hoping it;s not a bad omen. >>Listen to the Doc! My vl fluctuated over 3 months from ranges of >>52,000 to 535 to over a million. I really don't understand why there [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > /greyhackles Aw, c'mon pt. There aint no thing as a bad omen. What sign are you? ahahahahahahah!!!! elmo a black cat crossed my trail /////////////// I'm just hoping it;s not a bad omen. "greyhackles" <greyhackles@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:q4uku1tdg1512s0l1eero4jafbda9sr9l3@4ax.com... Listen to the Doc! My vl fluctuated over 3 months from ranges of 52,000 to 535 to over a million. I really don't understand why there are such fluctuations but I am sure someone can explain it to you. Mags It's the ebb and flow of battle between an immune system that just won't ignore the virus and a virus that can mutate to elude the immune system. If the immune system is winning this week, next week the virus will mutate, regain numbers, and once *it* is winning it will drift back to its original coding. Considering the virus can replicate a trillion copies of itself in a single day, an order of magnitude change in VL between any two tests probably shouldn't be something to be alarmed about... Cheers /greyhackles http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum |
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