"Ask the Experts": If I'm Cured of Hepatitis C, Will It Come Back?

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The following is a physician-patient interaction that took place within TheBody.com's "Ask the Experts" forum on hepatitis.

		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?


		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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