I have been having nausea which is eased by burping, I also have a bitter taste in my mouth..I also have severe muscle aches and pains and I had sex with a guy from April 15 to about May 20th.
Wondering if the symptoms match up and the time symptoms start emerging match up too? I have an appointment soon and I also went to the hospital recently, they took blood but told me everything was fine..I don't know if they had checked for any of that I am wondering if they would have saw it in the blood work?
I am very worried right now.
With hepatitis A is transmitted by the fecal-oral route via contaminated food or drinking water
Early symptoms of hepatitis A infection can be mistaken for flu, but some sufferers, especially children, exhibit no symptoms at all. Symptoms typically appear 2 to 6 weeks
Hepatitis B Transmission results from exposure to infectious blood or body fluids containing blood
Acute infection with hepatitis B virus is associated with acute viral hepatitis – an illness that begins with general ill-health, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, body aches, mild fever, dark urine, and then progresses to development of jaundice.
Hepatitis C is transmitted by blood-to-blood contact
In the minority of patients who experience acute phase symptoms, they are generally mild and nonspecific, and rarely lead to a specific diagnosis of hepatitis C. Symptoms of acute hepatitis C infection include decreased appetite, fatigue, abdominal pain, jaundice, itching, and flu-like symptoms
it is very unlikely that you do NOT have hepatitis A, B, or C
I do not think you have Hep.. I think you have Helicobacter pylori
Get somes meds and your cured.
Actually, you could have B or C. You have all the symptoms.
ie, metallic, bitter taste in your mouth, your muscle and joint pain is probably fibromyalgia, or it could be true arthritis- both of which are seen in a many a hepatitis c patients.
You could have had hcv much longer and have not known it.
HCV is not typically spread via sexual intercourse but it can happen if somehow there was a cross contamination of infectious blood to your bloodstream (blood to blood).
I went almost an entire life full of symtpoms and no one knew what it was until I was 34.
I would ask the doctor to run a hepatitis panel because not always will there be an indication of disease because often the ALT and AST levels will not show an abnormal reading- hence not being further tested for HCV. there are still many doctors out there who do not understand that many have active chronic hcv and have normal enzymes.
Hepatitis Panel- at least rule it out!
A standard blood lab doesn't always indicate disease. I reccomend further testing.
Good luck!
hep c is not an STD. it's only blood to blood, not from vaginal secretions, semen or kissing.