Hepatitis C Test (HCV)
Hepatitis C Test (HCV)
- Hepatitis C Test (HCV) test done at Maurya Labs Purnea, Bihar is for detection of HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) antibody.
- No special preparation is required for Hepatitis C Test (HCV)
- Hepatitis C Test (HCV) tells whether a person is detected positive or negative for Hepatitis C Virus.
What is Hepatitis C Test (HCV)?
HCV leads to liver damage and inflammation. The disease spreads due to exposure to contaminated blood, such as exposure by sharing personal items, like razors, with the infected person, having sex with an infected person, or sharing needles with intravenous drug users. It can sometimes spread from the mother to a baby during childbirth, though it is less common. The infection does not show symptoms until the liver is damaged and affects liver function. The only way to detect the disease is to screen people with high risk.
Hepatitis C Test (HCV) is rapid test that detects the presence of Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies in the blood.
Reported Parameters
- Normal – Non-Reactive
All The Questions that you might have
- What is Hepatitis C Test (HCV)?
- What does the HCV test measure?
- Why should I do the HCV test?
- How is the HCV test done?
- How does HCV differ from a HCV Quantitative?
HCV test is rapid test that detects the presence of Hepatitis C Virus Antibodies in the blood.
HCV leads to liver damage and inflammation. The disease spreads due to exposure to contaminated blood, such as exposure by sharing personal items, like razors, with the infected person, having sex with an infected person, or sharing needles with intravenous drug users. It can sometimes spread from the mother to a baby during childbirth, though it is less common. The infection does not show symptoms until the liver is damaged and affects liver function. The only way to detect the disease is to screen people with high risk.
HCV test detects HCV antibody in the blood of the patient. The HCV-total antibody test checks if a person has been infected with the hepatitis C virus. It checks for the presence of HCV antibodies in a person’s blood.
All people above the age of 18, pregnant women and those with a high risk of contracting the hepatitis C virus must get tested with an HCV-total antibody test. This is essential as the disease does not show symptoms and leads to a chronic infection. Also this test is generally part of all the pre-surgery screening test.
The HbA1c test is a simple blood test with no need for fasting before the test. The blood sample can be taken by the phlebotomist at a pathology lab.
A HCV test or rapid test is a card test and tells if HCV antibodies are present in the blood or not but does not give the viral load. Whereas the quantitative HCV RNA tests measure the amount of hepatitis C virus in the blood. The result will be an exact number.
