I passed out! Why?

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I am 48 and on week 19 of 32. I am on Peg / Riba tx. I am geno type 3a and virus

undetectable since first viral load test at week 4. I freaked out this morning.

I take ambian for the insomnia side effect and I got up at about 7 am to go to

the bath room, as I was leaving, I felt dizzy. I get that from time to time, but

I've never fainted. When I turned to grab the door knob I blacked out! I must

have laid their for what seemed an hour. When I came to I started moaning from

the pain. I finally made it up and back to bed. I must have hit my head good on

the door frame, my hair is very short and you can see redness were I hit

myself. And now I feel weaker than most days. Has this happened to anyone else?

Thank you group.

YBIC,

Glenn

hdhepper1 <grisley4@...> wrote:

First of all, about 15% of those infected with hep C do not fit any

of the risk factors. Your little example is quite a bit off

center. There must be a blood to blood link, other body fluids do

not support the virus. However, the hep C virus will survive up to

5 days in dried blood.

The Gastro will probably redo the antibody test. S/He will also do

a viral load (quantitative) to see if you actually do have an active

infection. 15 to 20% of those exposed will not develop a chronic

infection. S/He may do a genotype to help determine how long your

treatment will last - if and when you decide to do treatment.

When you see the doctor and s/he orders any tests, tell her/him you

want a copy of the test results for your own file at home. This may

save a lot of time and trouble later.

A couple of good websites to look up more information are:

http://www.hcvadvocate.org

http://www.geocities.com/1Leighann/

Remember: Most people will die WITH hep C not FROM hep C.

Glenn

>

> i have never had sex, no blood transfusions, i have never done

drugs,

> i don't drink, and i haven't shared razors or anything like that.

> now, i AM insulin resistant which means i am pre-diabetic. my

liver

> enzymes came back very high from my last bloodwork, and that's why

> the doc tested me for Hep cos of the high liver enzymes. so she

calls

> me back today and says I have hep C. can somebody PLEASE tell me

how

> i caught this??!?!! the doc talked to me about how she wants me to

> see a gastro doctor, but what will they be testing for? also,

would

> it be smart to get maybe a 2nd and 3rd blood test taken to MAKE

SURE

> i have this? i remember when i had a routine bloodtest taken back

> when i was 16 and my blood sugar came back 500 which is diabetes.

*a

> normal blood sugar goes no higher than 100*. So, i say that

because

> THAT ended up being a lab error. I do not have diabetes. So, could

> the same thing be happening maybe? looking back on my past, i have

> never had intercourse. the closest thing to it was 'somewhat' of

oral

> sex performed on a man. but it literally lasted maybe one minute

> because i stopped myself. he had absolutley no semen present and

was

> nowhere near ejaculation. hmm... well, i'm gonna make up a

ridiculous

> scenario here lol. but i'm purposely trying to be extreme. lets

say a

> man put his semen on a door knob, and then a day later i touched

the

> same door knob and touched the inside of my vagina. i know that is

> VERY extreme, but could you catch it from something like that?!?!

and

> even if something bizarre like that happened and i touched semen

with

> blood in it wouldn't i immediatley have to touch my vagina? i

don't

> think dried semen, or even dried vaginal discharge containing

dried

> blood can effect you. i believe all the bacteria has to be alive

the

> second it enters your body?

>

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