Hello,
I have had negative test results yet I had most if not all of the symptoms of hepatitis. I would appreciate any advice regarding:
- Whether my tests are conclusive that I don’t have HBV (or HCV)?
- Can I have HBV (HCV) and still have negative test results?
- If yes, how can I get confirmation that I do have either type of hepatitis? and
- If I have neither type, then what caused my symptoms?
Details regarding my symptoms, how I was possibly exposed, and a summary of my test results are as follows:
I have had many of the symptoms associated with hepatitis. Specifically, I have had dark urine, white stool, pale stool, floating smelly stool, excruciatingly painful stomach aches, hives, red itchy blotches on my palms, itchiness on my face, and headaches. I also had and continue to have difficulty swallowing, dry lips, and pains in the right side of my abdomen, just below my ribcage.
My possible exposure came through sexual contact when a woman’s vaginal fluids entered my mouth and went on my tongue that had a cut on it. Before contact with her body fluids, and unbeknownst to me, the woman scraped off a piece of the top skin of the tip of my tongue leaving a 1/2 cm. wide scrape. She also left a bruise on the bottom left side of my tongue from sucking on it.
My test results are as follows:
Hepatitis Bloodwork
A. May 25 - 41 Days After
- HCV - HCVAb - Negative
B. June 20 - 67 Days After
- HBV HBsAg - Negative
C. July 26 - 103 Days After
- HAV - HAVAb - Negative
- HBV - HBsAg - Negative
- HBV - HBsAb - Negative
- HBV - HBcAb - Negative
- HCV - HCVAb - Negative
D. September 7 - 146 days After
- HBV - HBV DNA (Qualitative) - Not Detected
- HCV - HCV RNA (Qualitative) - Not Detected
Thank you,
Jason