Hepatitis C

breath test rather than Biopsy?
From Hepatitis Central October 27, 2008 Safer Than Liver Biopsy: A Simple Breath Test for HCV A specially designed breath test has been found to be a safe and accurate alternative to liver biopsy for determining the degree of inflammation and fibrosis in patients with chronic Hepatitis C infection and ... 10 Nov 2008 13:31

�caf� con leche o caf� solo?
From http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/583121 AASLD 2008: High Coffee Consumption May Slow Hepatitis C Progression CME News Author: Laurie Bouck CME Author: Laurie Barclay, MD November 6, 2008 (San Francisco, California) - Increased coffee consumption may slow the progression of liver damage caused b... 10 Nov 2008 13:31

Nanu Nanu
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:36:56 -0800 (PST), elmo <elmo229(a)gmail.com> wrote: Wow man! I was abducted by alien space forces and transported to a galaxy fart, fart away! But I escaped my captors and left them in a trailing cloud of swamp gas. I'm back and looking forward to trading gas with all my friends and no... 12 Nov 2008 14:06

Week one of second treatment
I took my first shot Friday. Im using the new injector pen, which is infinitely faster and easier. I seems like when I did this two years ago, I had pretty bad flu symptons for about 5 days after the first injection, and that effect tapered off over the next month. This time, I only have minor dizziness and ju... 5 Nov 2008 19:36

Hepatitis Non-responders and Iron
"Hepatic iron stain is a predictor of non-response" Hepatic iron influences responses to combination therapy with peginterferon alfa and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C. Hepatogastroenterology. 2008 Jul-Aug;55(85):1412-5. Lin TJ, Liao LY, Lin CL, Chang TA, Liu SO. Department of Gastroenterology, Ren-Ai Branch, ... 5 Nov 2008 19:36

Silybin and Soybean and Fibrosis
Silybin treatment is associated with reduction in serum ferritin in patients with chronic hepatitis J Clin Gastroenterol. 2008 Sep;42(8):937-44. C.Bares JM, Berger J, Nelson JE, Messner DJ, Schildt S, Standish LJ, Kowdley KV. Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA. GO... 5 Nov 2008 19:36

ENDOSCOPY QUESTION
Hello folks..LA here again..it`s been awhile since my last posting. I would like some advice on something I heard.. would a certain diet and for a certain time frame help an upper endoscopic procedure go complication free?..if so, may I ask for your recommendations..as what to eat only..yogurt? Also, would the are... 5 Nov 2008 19:36

MOM! DAD! IM HOME!
About two years ago, I wandered in here and lurked for awhile as I was starting treatment for my Hep C. Never participated much, but I did like reading posts from people who were going through the same thing I was. I failed to get an SVR. In fact, the virus had returned in week 24 but due to problems with the la... 5 Nov 2008 19:36

Does it ever get any easier?
My sister is taking Ribaviron, with some ease from Cimentidine. She has now had her second Interferon injection; two days later, she was unable to report to work. I don't know what causes this debilitation, but I can't help wondering how common it is. Possibly many of you have been through this same sort of torm... 5 Nov 2008 19:36

Implications for Hep C tx & Anemia?
I wonder HOW deprived of O2 the brain needs to be for stuff like this to happen--if it is happening. Perhaps at some point in the future keeping people (ahem) at hemoglobin levels of around 10 for 72 weeks will be considered...ill advised... October 20, 2008, 1:06 pm Mountain Climbing Bad for the Brain B... 5 Nov 2008 19:35