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    • can you rupture a spleen from getting hiccups duri...
    • can you rupture a spleen from getting hiccups during mono?? i'm paranoid...
    • Higher Enzymes Post Trtment.
    • Hello All; I haven't been here for a while, just got some bloodtest results and wanted to jump in here. I did trtment and stopped responding after 10 months so stopped trtment about 15 months ago. My recent bloodwork now shows my ALT&AST higher than ever before. I used to run in the 80'
    • Hepatitis A, B, & C
    • Hello, there are 3 types of hepatitis a, b, and c. I remember getting a series of 3 shots for Hep B years ago. I have a couple questions...Can and should a person get shots for all 3 types of hepatitis?Does a booster shot have to be given for the Hep B vaccine?
    • ALT test or Anti HCV any difference ?
    • I was tested for HEP C last week. I get screened every other year because my hubby is Hep C positive. I asked for the screen. My doctor is a gastroenterologist (sp) and ordered a anti hvc blood test. The hospital didnt know how to do it so they called his office and they changed the test to a sc
    • Liver Biopsy & Test
    • I just returned home from having my liver biopsy and CAT scan done. That part was a breeze. When I got home there was a message on the answering machine. They saw something on the cat scan and I need to see a urologist as soon as possible. The only problem I am aware of with the urology dep
    • get infections too often
    • I am normally have infection once a year or less. This year I have it already for the third time. My throat and ear hurts for a week. I feel reluctant to take day off and go to a doctor. He normally gives me antibiotics.I don't know what could cause it and how can I prevent it. Should I tak
    • Ebv Virus?
    • MY SYMPTOMS 1. Ear pain 2. Ribs hurt when i press on them 3. Hips hurt also 4. Shoulder pain 5. Buring sensations all over 6. Head feels num constantly espically in the back of it. And yes sometimes i am confused on what im am going to say next. 7. Chills 8. left leg hurts all the time feels lik
    • Hmmm I Wonder ? Could It Be
    • I had a thought today ( yea just one ) that's about all I have these days ( LOL ).It really bugs me as to why there is not more publicity about hep c ?Why the doctors, the media, not to mention the goverment don't do more to educate the non hep c public about this disease?Everyone on t
    • garlic & MRSA
    • I read on one of the posts about taking garlic and using bactroban inisde your nose . am wanting more info on the garlic and also on building your immune systymn (sp?) that was also in another post . am planning on having foot surgery and don't want MRSA again . :angel: Blu
    • Hepatitis vaccine reaction Generalized pruritis (Itching)
    • 6 hours after receiving a double booster on hep b vaccine from Glaxo Smith Kline I became quite ill, nausea, gastro pain issues etc. The next day this reaction faded and was replaced by generalized Pruritis (Itching). I received a double booster because my immunity titer level always would fall
    • Information The CDC Puts Out ?
    • I recently contacted the CDC & got a reply back from them.I would love to post it here but I don't think that is allowed.I was basically telling them about a rally I am trying to make happen in Dallas Texas & my intentions to try & get the real truth about hepatitis C out to the public & re
    • Leg Pain & Tens Unit ? Strighten Back ?
    • I had Polio in 1953 and for the last 20 years have fought leg pain. Medication I took would work from several years to several days. My leg pain was the greatest when I was relaxed and trying to sleep. My latest experience was a doctor that gave me a new mussel relaxer. It worked like "NoDoze"
    • No more horse back riding till tx is done :(
    • Oh my God! I took my #6 injection on Friday and so far so good up until I went horseback riding on Sunday for 3 hours and then went to the beach for an hour - I am so sore today that I can hardly move. Generally feel aches and pains but this is ridiculous. I am not a stranger to horses but I
    • I start treatment on saturday
    • I have known that I have had hep c for about two and a half years now. I can guess that I have had it for five years. I am finally starting this stuff. My husband went through it and he just got his year post tx done and he is still negative. That is good news. I am not looking foward to it
    • Citrobacter freundi
    • Yes, I would like to know are there any treatments for this disease and if so, what are they.Thanks
    • How to get tested for Hep. C anonymously?
    • Hi everyone,Has anyone heard of a way to get tested for Hep. C anonymously? There are so many ways to get tested for HIV without having to give your name, but what about Hep. C? Thanks for any info.!
    • question for thanbey
    • Thanbey, I'm new to this board as I just found out I had hep C. I noticed everyone is directing their questions to you. Are you a doctor or do you have Hep C and very informed. Thanks for clearing up any confusion on my part.Honey
    • good & bad news regarding infectious disease specialist
    • Hi, its Michele from the "being referred to infectious disease specialist...lots of questions)...thought I would start a new subject since the other was getting long. I hope that is okay.I see the specialist Thursday...but, I did see my gynocologist yesterday. She thinks she possibly found the s
    • Cellulitis - looking for more information
    • A close friend of mine suffers regularly from cellulitis. One of her legs gets infected, she is admitted to hospital, antibiotics etc. It is an awful condition and affects her life in a very negative way. Anyway I was wondering if anyone has any information on alternative therapy or underlying
    • 48 Weeks Pegasys:Done
    • I have'nt posted since I began treatment, but what the heck. I completed the Pegasys on 2/11, and I am tired - and happy.Though I began with a relatively low viral load (500,000), I was non-detectable at 12 weeks. Hopefully the same is true when I get next results back. I doubt I would'
    • hcv & stimulants
    • Does anyone take any prescribed stimulants to help with energy and concentration? I was diagnosed this ADD about 10 yrs ago (im 29 now). Lately, I have been tired and have had hard time concentrating for long amounts of time. I don't know if this is the HCV or what. I seem to remember meeti
    • Repeated treatement? With CIFN?
    • Hi all!I am genotype 1 and have tried two combo treatements: at first IFN+RIB, and last year PEG-IFN+RIB. In both cases I have relapsed already during treatement (I have had temporary virus clearance). I am 39, and in a quite good shape. My doc says that there is no definite rule for my case - i
    • Post peg interferon sides
    • hello all: I'm new to this board, and was wondering if anybody is having the same sides as I am. After taking peg Intron and Rebetol for six months and being a non responder, I have not been able to sleep at night. The insomnia started about two months into the treatment and after my doct
    • Viral load count going up
    • I am starting to get concerned about the Pegintron treatment I have been on for 6 months. When I started treatment I had a viral load count of 2,000,000, 3 months later it had gone down to 22,500 which I was pleased with. Now 6 months into treatment it has gone up to 200,000 which makes me feel
    • Hepatitis B diagnosed
    • Can anybody give me more info:-My father (aged 56) has just been diagnosed with hepatitis b. he has had a liver biospy and has now been told to cut down on his diet otherwise is liver will kill him.Is it linked to liver cancer? Would he have had this years or is it only something the docs can a
    • i would like to talk with you's is this discu...
    • i would like to talk with you's is this discussion about hep c. if you are if not where do i go? do you know? and would thanbey be in here?
    • Biofilms & etoxins
    • Perhaps someone can explain these to me in laymen's terms? I know a lot, but I am not a doctor/pathologist/infectious disease specialist, just a patient patient who is losing her patience :dizzy: thanks in advance!p.s. isn't there something like 3 miles of dentin or tubules in a tooth
    • my partner (girl ) is a Hep B carrier and my condo...
    • my partner (girl ) is a Hep B carrier and my condom ripped while we were having sex. what should i do?? n what can i do for her? thank you thank you
    • I just found this forum(and read most of the posts...
    • I just found this forum(and read most of the posts for the previous month)I am 41/M, I found out I have Hep C about 8 months ago. I figure I have had it 10, maybe 20 years. I have drank alot over the past years but have finally stopped. (was not easy)I am going for my biopsy on Friday. Am really
    • Would you please read my thead "do i have hep c or...
    • Would you please read my thead "do i have hep c or not" and give me your input? I have been reading your thread and it sounds like you know what you are talking about. I have been reading everything under the sun about hep c. I think i have it, then i think not... I know the only sure way is to
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