The following is a physician-patient interaction that took place within TheBody.com's "Ask the Experts" forum on hepatitis.
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My doctor said I cured Hep C will it come back? Nov 7, 2013 I was told by my doctor that I had Hep C. Then was told that my body had cured it on its own. Will it come back? Can it come back? |
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![]() | Response from Dr. Taylor
Once the hepatitis C virus goes away on its own, which is sometimes called spontaneous clearance, it is gone and cannot come back. However we can catch hepatitis C again, so talk with your doctor about how to decrease your risk of getting re-infected. |
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