How long does it take for a hepatitis C test to turn Postive?

Answer 1

usually once your blood lab is taken it can take up to 5 to 7 days for the results.

if it comes up positive, you will have more testing done.
it can take up to 3 months to test positive if you've been exposed, the problem is that many don't know they are ill with hcv because it mimicks so many other diseases and a doctor will treat the symptoms as individual causes of unkown origin.

good luck!

Answer 2

It depends on how long you have carried the virus..My late husband was given a blood transfusion at a major hospital in Va. after an accident..He had been perfectly healthy except for his asthmatic condition, before his accident that required the surgery.After about a month he started to show signs of yellow jaundice, decrease in appetite and started to itch...He was diagnosed 6 months later with Hepatitis C...I am without a doubt sure that the blood he received contained the virus..If a person donates blood who was recently infected with the Hep C and doesn't know it the blood has a window of 3-6 months before it will test positive for the virus..It will already have been added to the donation pool and there is no recourse for you if you become infected..They can deny it all they want..but it happens everyday...
Anyway...some people ..according to the so-called experts that I dealt with during my husband's bought with the disease, say that it can lay dorment in the body for up to 20 years and show no sign of being there and then all of a sudden can be awakened by an illness or trauma and reak havoc on the liver and body eventually resulting in liver failure and death..
It is a nasty one..Just as bad as AIDS..does't get as much publicity or funding as Aids research but is responsible for just as many deaths....

Answer 3

1 hour 43 minutes. then you are screwed!!

Answer 4

If you have it, it IS positive, moron.