C virus test:

This analysis works to search for antibodies to the virus, which are proteins that the patient's body forms when infected with the C virus, and these proteins usually appear in the blood after the twelfth week of infection.

The result of this analysis may be negative, if the case is not already infected with virus C, or the result may be wrong and the patient is already infected with virus C, because the result of the analysis may be wrong for several reasons, including

Perform the analysis shortly after infection


Although the proteins take months to appear.

Patient infected with an immune virus, organ donor, or even suffering from any problem with his immune system.

The patient is constantly on dialysis.

If the result is positive, then this means that the patient is already infected with virus C, but nevertheless there is a large error rate that may occur, so one in five people can do this analysis and the result is positive even though he is not infected with virus C, and this is due to several reasons, including:

That one in four people recover


From virus C without the need to take treatments, but even after recovery, antibodies to virus C remain present forever.

The possibility of mixing the analysis between antibodies to hepatitis C, antibodies to lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and others.

The possibility of a child born to a mother suffering from hepatitis C carrying antibodies to it, but in fact most newborns are not infected with hepatitis C.

If the result is positive, the doctor advises you to do an HCV RNA analysis to measure the percentage of the genetic material from the hepatitis virus, which usually appears within a period of one to two weeks of infection.

In the event that the result was negative, this means that the antibody analysis was wrong, or that the patient was already infected with virus C and the infection disappeared without treatment. The possibility of infection with the C virus, and then the doctor advises the patient to analyze the RNA called "qualitative", and this is more accurate because it can determine the presence of viral hepatitis in the blood, no matter how small the percentage.

If the result of HCV RNA is positive, this confirms infection with C virus, and the doctor then needs other analyzes to find out the extent of the virus's effect on the liver.

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Is C virus contagious?

Yes, C virus is a contagious disease, as the virus can spread through blood contact with an infected person, or through body fluids, but it cannot be transmitted through coughing, contact, or sharing food utensils. There are many ways of spreading C virus infection, which are:

Using contaminated syringes or sharing medicines with an infected person.

Tattooing or piercing the body with contaminated tools.

Sharing personal hygiene items with another person, such as razors or toothbrushes.

Transmission of infection from mother to child during childbirth.

Having sex with more than one partner, one of whom is infected with the C virus.