2007-10-23 14:01:15 · 2 answers · asked by tiny_tot34 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Ribavirin and peginterferon alpha can be considered in an effort to clear out the hepatitis C. To be frank, however, the medicine does not work in all cases, it has to be taken for 1/2 to 1 year, and the side effects can be ferocious. For this reason, it's only given to very specific patients who have hepatitis C. Nonetheless, it's worth talking it over with your doctor.
Of course, the other critical thing is to continue to abstain from alcohol.
2007-10-23 20:18:58 · answer #1 · answered by Doxycycline 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Liver biopsy
Viral count to determine if the hep C is active
Hepatic function panel
HIV screen since HIV is also passed the same way hepatitis C is passed thru blood transmission
The treat the disease with medicine to help the bodys own immune response kill the virus.
In severe cases, they can do a liver transplant.
2007-10-23 21:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋