Is Hepatitis Deadly

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Other Deadly Virus; Durham, N.C., Group Raising Awareness of Hepatitis C

Organized in 2003, the Durham-based Piedmont HIV Integrated Community Access System is helping educate the community about hepatitis C virus (HCV). PHICAS's goal includes improving access to HIV/HCV care for the under- and uninsured, integrating... Read more »

High Dead-Space Syringes and the Risk of HIV and HCV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users

High dead-space syringes (HDSSs) retain more than 1,000 times more blood after rinsing than do low dead-space syringes (LDSSs). The current study examines the association between using and sharing HDSSs and prevalent HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV)... Read more »

HIV/AIDS Leading Deadly Infectious Disease in China in 2008, Health Ministry Report Says

HIV/AIDS became China's No. 1 deadly infectious disease for the first time in 2008, with 6,897 people dying from AIDS-related causes during the first nine months of last year, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, a Ministry of Health report said... Read more »

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Is HCV and HIV coinfection a chronic or deadly infection?

I've been on all of the interferon ribiviron treatments. I've just completed infergen copegus treatment and My HCV viral load dramatically declined, but went up again. I'm also HIV positive. My immune system is good, VL is under 200...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

You clearly have a chronic infection and can do well for decades to come. Continue doing all that you are doing because your numbers sound terrific. HIV/HCV is a chronic condition. Treatments will improve in the years to come.Dr. McGovern... Read more »

4 dead hepa B?

Hello,4 years ago i found out im hepaB positive,after 4 years i do the check up again and the doctor said i have immunity in my body and its dead already, i dont fully understand,did i give my sickness to my husband?can i be total free from it?or it...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Hepatitis B is not always persistent. Even chronic carriers can clear the virus without treatment, although the percentage of people that do this is small. If your doctor tells you that the infection is gone, this is certainly possible.Dr. McGovern... Read more »

dead of night, what should I do? (VISIONS AND FEARS OF BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WHILE SLEEPING, 2010)

Hi Dr BobHope you are enjoying your vacations in the UK. I hope you do love Scotland, the place where I reside as a student at Edinburgh University. When you have some free time, please help me with a certain incident that is causing me to worry...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Sammy,Yes, I definitely enjoyed my travels through the British Isles. In Edinburgh I visited historic Trinity College, but not Edinburgh University. Perhaps surprisingly, I have been asked questions similar to yours several times before in... Read more »

HIV positive, how is it possible? Will I be dead by 10 years?

Dear Sir,I've been diagnosed with HIV+, the only blood tranfusions I've had were in 1981,1982,1984 when I delivered my children and 1992, when I had a hysterctomy. I'm married, I've been faithful, my husband swears he has been...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

You raise several issues--- first, you went to New Zealand for liver cancer treatments and found out you were HIV positive. I am presuming that you had reliable HIV testing, but if there is any indication that the testing was not reliable, then... Read more »

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Devo Member dead from AIDS

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"Bang Bang Your Dead"

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Bang-Bang, Youre Dead: HIV Activists Shoot Down Fear-Based Prevention

by Kellee Terrell

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