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Swollen Liver From Hep C
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Liver Biopsy & HepCWhat if a person test positive for hepC, but refuses to do the liver biopsy, Is treatment still possible or available?...
Response from Michael Fried, M.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Liver biopsy is not absolutely necessary to be considered for treatment for hepatitis C. However, it does provide the best information on how much damage was done to your liver in the past and also gives some idea about the likelihood of...
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Hep-C infecting New LiverDear Sirs, question/statement, please any info would not hurt. I have been transplanted Dec 06,... Read more »HepC &Stage IV Cirrhosis/Liver TransplantHaving HepC and Stage IV Liver Cirrhosis, liver biopsy results have now put me on a transplant... Read more »
Articles
À la Carte -- 10. Hepatitis C Co-InfectionMany people living with HIV are also living with hepatitis C, a virus that attacks and damages the liver. In people who are co-infected, the liver inflammation and damage may progress faster than in people who have hepatitis C alone; and sometimes... Read more »
Colorado: Hepatitis C Awareness and Testing Campaign LaunchedHep C Connection is a new awareness and testing campaign aimed at alerting Coloradoans about hepatitis C virus, which is especially prevalent among baby boomers. Those born between 1946 and 1964 account for nearly 70 percent of HCV cases, and a new... Read more »
Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIVWhat Happens to People Who Have Hepatitis C The Natural History of HCV Although hepatitis C also affects other parts of the body, your liver is the organ most affected. Your liver is an essential organ with hundreds of functions. On a daily... Read more »
My Fight for a Hepatitis C CureLynda Dee I thought I had dodged a bullet. I had stopped using heroin intravenously in the early '70s and tested HIV negative. My husband wasn't so lucky -- he died of complications from AIDS in 1987, two years after our son died from SIDS. I... Read more »
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HIV and HEP-C in NYC
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I'm 36 years old, HIV+ and recently diagnosed with Hepatitus-C. the combination scares me and isolates me one step further from those with only the common thread of HIV. I'm interested in establishing contact with others in the same boat for mutual...
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hiv and hepc
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
it has been 6 months since exposure started having diarrhea and all my lymph nodes in my breast and under arm are swollen soreness in my back. my stomach keeps burning. had ars 3 weeks after exposure lymphadenopathy but it didnt hurt but my throat was... Read more » No longer have HepC!
Posted by heatherblue, 2 Replies
I went to my doctor today. My numbers are all amazing. CD4=701, viral load undetectable. And he says that I no longer have HepC. I have never heard of this. I am pleased, don't get me wrong. It's just kinda crazy. I was always told that it...
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Trying to deal with being + I also have Hepc
Posted by rackme, 7 Replies
I was just told Im hiv+ and Im also hepc. so I don't know when Im not feeling good which is causing the problems been getting vertigo the last couple of days. I see my shrink next week. I guess Im looking for ansures. Thanks any onfo I can get would...
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