Can my hepatitis return after I have undergone treatment?

Question

I had treatment in 2005, however, now I am experencing itchiness of my skin (which was one of my primary symptoms), fatigue and major joint pain.

Answer 1

You should have had bloodwork at various points of time since you've finished the treatment. At six months post treatment, if you still have an undetectable viral load, then you have a good chance that it won't return. At one year undetectable post treatment you have a less than 2% chance of it returning (unless you become re-exposed to risk factors for HCV).
One of the factors that affects the probability of clearing the virus through treatment depends on what genotype of hep c you had. Genotype 1 is most prevalent in the US and less responsive to the medication- but not impossible to treat. Therefore, if you have genotype 1, the treatment is done for one year. Genotype 1 has a 50-57% chance of responding. Genotype 2 has the best chance of clearing; about 80%, and usually only requires a 6 month treatment. Geno 3 responds well, too (80%), and also requires a 6 month treatment, but some physicians are beginning to treat geno 3's for a year due to them relapsing.
While on treatment, most people will maintain an undetectable viral load. Your symptoms could be from hep c or from other problems. There is a high correlation of joint pain/arthritis/ autoimmune diseases with people that have hep c. My joint pain pretty much went away during treatment, but became much worse after I stopped. My hep c was cleared (and still is - for 6 years now) but I have since found out that I have an autoimmune type of arthritis (spondylar arthritis) that probably occurred as aresult of having the HCV virus.
Anyway, my point is that you should have a PCR test (viral load) to determine if you're clear of the virus. If you are clear, then you may need to go to a rhuematologist to see if you have an autoimmune disease. Best wishes to you.

Answer 2

There are several types if hepatitis. They are all serious conditions that need to be monitored by and M.D.
Hep-A, goes away w/ treatment.
Hep-B
Hep-C
are chronic conditions that may give you acute episodes that need to be treated by your M.D.
Get checked out ASAP.

Answer 3

Well I see comercials that say yes,you can have an outbreak at anytime.anyway goodluck that is scary shi-