i dont know. i ended up in bed in a fetal position shivering incessently and crying uncontrollably. i crawled out of that hole by crying out to god to lead me and by seeking and doing everything i could find to try. i did all of this without the benefit of a real diagnosis. hep was definitely on my list of usual suspects, which is one reason why i focused so much on my liver and embraced Colloidal Silver and h2o2. its a long story, but that answers your question.