Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Does the initial bloodwork done to detect HCV also measure the viral load? Does it measure genotype? My husband goes in next week for a sonogram, which was ordered by his GP. GP said he would refer him to a specialist, but as far as I know this hasn't been done yet. All of this came up when he went in for a routine physical. The last time he had his bloodwork done a few years ago, his enzyme levels were high, but the dr he was going to then, didn't do anything about it. So his levels have been high for a few years. He started going to a new GP this year, and this one seems to be on the ball. We keep wondering why the old dr wasn't worried about the elevated enzyme levels. Oh, by the way, his new GP scheduled a routine colonoscopy during my husband's first office visit. This is scheduled for the end of this month. Should he cancel this? Is a gastroenterologist necessarily a " liver " specialist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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