Boyfriend Might Have Hepatitis

[RWHID]

My boyfriend who is in jail called me today. He says he got to see the HIV specialist this week, and the doctor said his blood work shows he is positive for Hep C! Okay, he had a test before going to jail, he was negative for Hep C, all he had was HIV. He was tested while in jail before, only positive for HIV. Since that test he was moved to a different county jail, and back to the original jail. The second jail he was in had in house doctors giving him shots for an illiness. The first jail never gave him any shots. Does Hep C automaticly show up if you have it? If so, the only place he could have got it was from the second county jail giving him shots. I am a llittle worried, and a lot pissed off. I don't know much about Hep C though.

[jtonic]

 

 

1. HCV Antibody Testing: Diagnosing hepatitis C begins with an antibodytest. Antibodies to HCV can be detected in the blood, usually within two or three months after the virus enters the body. If a person is positive forHCV antibodies, he or she has been exposed to the virus in the past.

 

For more information:

http://www.hepmag.com/articles/2512_18753.shtml

[seaguy]

I doubt even the corrupt jailers down there would do something like give someone Hep C because they would not want it to then be in the inmate population where it could start spreading and cause an outbreak.  Didn't you BF know what exactly they were injecting in him with those shots.  Moving jails is common in counties with more than one jail they do it to alleviate overcrowding, or to move inmates to a facility that might have the services they need for medical care or whatever.  The jails always have population changes as busy weekends bring in lots of DUI arrests and stuff and then over the weekend there is no court so sometimes they have to move inmates around to ease crowding and your BF might be considered a low flight risk so they move him rather than some other inmate they would have to be extra careful with cause he is a flight risk.

[fskn]

An effective but expensive (for private insurers and government health programs) drug to cure Hepatitis C recently became available. Sovaldi is made by Gilead, the same company that makes Truvada.