What does a positive hepatitis C antibody mean?

With the development of medicine, people's treatment conditions are getting better and better, but more and more people have problems. Patients with hepatitis C often find that they have hepatitis C antibodies, and the test results are positive. Hepatitis C and hepatitis B are both difficult to treat. Although these two diseases are very common, how to fight them in normal times and what methods to choose to control them have become problems.

With the progress of science, more and more hepatitis C patients are found. Many patients are very nervous when they find hepatitis C antibodies, thinking that hepatitis C is as difficult to treat as hepatitis B. What is the result?

1. The significance of hepatitis C antibodies;

1. Hepatitis C antibody is an antibody produced by the human immune system after the hepatitis C virus enters the body and recognizes the hepatitis C virus. It is also a marker for the body to be infected with the hepatitis C virus. Because the hepatitis C virus is highly variable, the production of hepatitis C antibodies is not as protective as hepatitis B antibodies and is a marker of hepatitis C virus infection.

2. But there are two possibilities for this infection. One is that the person has been infected or treated before, and there is no virus in the body, but a mark of infection is left, just like a scar left after a cut on the arm. The other type is when the hepatitis C antibody is positive and the hepatitis C virus is also positive. This means that the person is a hepatitis C patient and needs treatment.

3. Therefore, it can be seen that hepatitis C antibody is a marker of human infection with hepatitis C virus. It is lifelong and difficult to eliminate, but it is harmless to the body.

4. Whether a person is a hepatitis C patient also depends on whether there is hepatitis C virus in the body.