2006-09-29 15:53:43 · 26 answers · asked by john s 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Hep C is with you forever unfortunately. There's a rule in health care, if it starts with a H and is a disease, you probably can't get rid of it. (i.e. herpes, hiv, hep c)
2006-09-29 15:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by kommander_glock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hep C is chronic (life long) unless you go through the treatment and it is successful. It is not sexually transmitted unless there is a blood to blood exchange. It is treated with pegylated interferon shots (one shot a week) plus 4-6 pills of ribavirin per day for either 24 or 48 weeks depending on your genotype. I did the treatment 6 years ago, and have been clear of the virus since. It will not recur unless I become exposed to it again. Good luck to you.
2006-09-30 11:48:36 · answer #2 · answered by cindy1323 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a lifetime disease, but can be brought into remission by a treatment much like chemo therapy. Untreated it shortens your life span dramatically. It's too bad tattoo artists and body piercers neglect to advise their customers of this. Instead, they tell their victims about the autoclave they have that does such a great job of sterilizing their needles, EXCEPT very, very few of them have them serviced and calibrated as recommended, so they are useless. The AMA has estimated that in the next 20-years, Hepititus C will make eveyone forget AIDS.
2006-09-29 16:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by Jim B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are different types of the Hepatitis C virus, and some of then have some pretty good cure rates, despite the demanding treatments. The virus can be eliminated from the blood in about 55% of those receiving treatment with peginterferon and ribavirin. Seventy to eighty percent of people with hepatitis C types 2 and 3 are cured with treatment. Forty to forty-five percent of people with type 1 hepatitis C become cured.
2006-09-29 15:57:33 · answer #4 · answered by Amanda 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I lost my wife to this condition... there is no known cure at this time... there are palliative treatments that may slow down the progress but , the individual may count on 30 years or more from the onset, with little or no problem. It basically lies dormant but is creating damage to the liver, without interference.
I have never seen any reference to std's in this condition. Is most commonly acquired through blood transfusion.. is why children born of these patients needs to be checked for at least 2 years, just to confirm it has not been passed on through the blood, during gestation. I surely did not acquire it from sexual activity. My son did not acquire it through the process of gestation.
2006-09-29 15:58:27 · answer #5 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but yes Hepatitus C is a life long disease. I do believe there are ways to prevent it but there is no way to cure it.... yet. But hopefully there will be soon.
2006-09-29 16:02:19 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ Sunshine ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hepatitis C is forever. You never get rid of it. There is no cure, but there are treatments. It's about 10 times easier to get Hepatitis C than HIV.
2006-09-29 18:24:06 · answer #7 · answered by bokie318 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister is in stage 4 of hep.c and is going thru treatment right now. Go to the website listed below. You will find all the answers you will need.
Keep your hopes up. There is a cure.
2006-10-03 15:14:25 · answer #8 · answered by Charlie D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HCV is a curable disease. It can be cured very easily with Pegasus. The results are excellent with certain geno types of HCV. It is better if the medication is started at an early stage.
2006-09-29 23:08:21 · answer #9 · answered by Achilles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend with hep c the liver can repair itself and i think their is a cure for it but if you dont drink and look after yourself properly it wont develop in liver cancer and the chances of dying from hep c if you look after yourself are the same as gettin hit by a bus but you must look after yourself
2006-09-29 16:03:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋