Threat of Hepatitis C and its Preventions

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studyandhealth@yahoo.com - 15 Nov 2006 09:55 GMT

Threat of Hepatitis C and its Preventions

Like other bloodborne diseases, hepatitis C can be prevented with
proper precautions. In addition, a blood test is available for
hepatitis C screening. Read this pamphlet to learn what puts you at
risk for hepatitis C....................
http://www.studyandjobs.com/Hepatitis.html

or
http://www.studyandjobs.com/

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Waterspider - 17 Nov 2006 22:20 GMT

> Threat of Hepatitis C and its Preventions
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> http://www.studyandjobs.com/

From the article:

"In the United States, approximately 600 persons each year die of liver
failure shortly after getting hepatitis C."

I've not heard this stat before. Anyone have any info?

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greyhackles - 18 Nov 2006 00:05 GMT

>> Threat of Hepatitis C and its Preventions
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>I've not heard this stat before. Anyone have any info?

Not on the stat, but I'm one of the few that experienced a profound response
to initial HCV infection, perhaps because it was whole blood transfusion as
opposed to a needle stick, etc, giving the virus a really good start, and my
particular immune system that put up one hella fight before it opted for a
chronic coexistence...

Jaundice City. I was hospitalized for a week, propped up on all kinds of
things plumbed into my veins, then bedridden at home for another 3 weeks, then
on the walking-wounded list for two months, and on a whole litany of
restrictions during and after - dietary, pharmaceutical, and activity.

Sheesh. It wouldn't surprise me that someone with a similar response but
without ready access to proper care could kick the bucket. Or someone with an
already-impaired liver in the same situation. It wouldn't be pretty...

/greyhackles

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Cactus Jammies - 18 Nov 2006 00:15 GMT

Grey,
Did you sue? Don't say NO. ;-)

cactus jammies

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greyhackles - 18 Nov 2006 01:22 GMT

>cactus jammies
>> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:20:56 -0800, "Waterspider"
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>Grey,
>Did you sue? Don't say NO. ;-)

This happened in 1973. I can't say yes, just as nobody could have said at the
time that what I had was "Hepatitis C". There simply wasn't any kind of test
for the hep C virus - so nothing to show "positive" at the point of blood
collection., or to show positive when I was in the acute stage.

In fact when I initially became symptomatic they thought I had some bizarre
form of mononucleosis. It wasn't until my LFTs took off like a shuttle launch
that they realized my liver was being whacked. Shortly after, I started to
look like a carrot :-(

Many people were totally asymptomatic on initial infection. Most of the rest
felt like they caught the flu. Not me. I had to be in that small percentage
that experience an internal form of global thermonuclear war...

/greyhackles (always marching to that "different drummer")

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Dwight - 18 Nov 2006 17:09 GMT

>>Threat of Hepatitis C and its Preventions
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> I've not heard this stat before. Anyone have any info?

Maybe shortly after being dx, but not shortly after contracting it. The
only people I've know to die from it have had it for quite some time.

Dwight

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