hepatitis c

[beentheredonethatagain]

I was diagnoised with hep c three years ago , I was at first scared, then I enrolled into a support group and started the treatments and after that I was clear from any viral load , I have quite a bit of knowledge on the subject so if any one has any question about the treatment or spreading it , then I will be glad to answer any those questions .

[Heretic.Ape.]

Your offer might be appreciated in this thread. Thanks for being willing to divulge that information and being willing to help

[beentheredonethatagain]

I want to give back to the forum instead of just taking, when I first got here I didn't know a thing about chemistry , I was able to pick up quite a bit of knowledge in a short time, so I would like to be able to return the favor .

[AntiAimer]

Pamela Anderson has hepatitis c.

But do you know how you got it? And can it be a STD? Always wondered why people still get with pam if it can be a STD.

[beentheredonethatagain]

when i was younger i was a little wreckless, i shot after someone.
I have been married twice and niether wife contracted it.
The books that I ve read on the subject of sex and hep c, stats that it is very very rare that it is passed in that manner, it is blood to blood. Tooth brushes are a common method aswell as straws and rolled up money, when placed in the nose it picks up small traces of blood, so dont share straws or the like. pam may have gotten it from a tattoo gun it is another hi risk

[robertone]

Swim red once a book of an doctor who use to work for the US equivalent of the WHO. According him about 70% of the population of Karachi (Pakistan) contiminated with Hepatitus C due to unstirela practices at local medical services. He also menitioned a new strain of Hepatitus, Hepatitus C2, which is more contagious (comparable with Hepatitus B).

The book was written, if Swim remember well, around 1995. The title Swim has to look up in is [old] handwritten notes - if someone is interested.

[beentheredonethatagain]

there are many strains of hep c, I had geneo type 2b which responds well to the interferon, now don't get me wrong its hep c not hep b which is more dangerous and is spread thru sex as well as blood,

[robertone]

Hepatitus C is he most dangerous to have, one will end up with complete liver failure due to liver cirrhosis. Hepatitus B is to most contagious one, it can survive three weeks in a dried drop of blood and contaminate an other human been. But what is more, the dutch health service denies that there something like Hepatitus C2.

[beentheredonethatagain]

[quote=robertone;290057]Hepatitus C is he most dangerous to have, one will end up with complete liver failure due to liver cirrhosis.

this is not completely true, many people who have hep c do not even know it, and it isn't always fatal , some people have it for a very long time and it doesn't progress to cirrhosis, or even a high viral load. I can be with a person until they die of old age .

As far as Hep B there is a vaccination for it , while there isn't a shot to prevent Hep c

[Br00klynB0y87]

Glad I found this thread! I was just searching through the search engine reading a bunch of different results (threads).

Firstly, I hope you are doing fine and that your condition is stable.

Okay, so most recently a family member of mine has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and it's affected his liver as well as his mind (slurred speech, mental confusion); I was just curious in your experience what are some beneficial herbs that can help his situation, I already have a general idea of some, such as Silymarin containing products such as Milk Thistle, also I'm aware Acetylcysteine can be quite beneficial as well.

However any extra advice/suggestion would be appreciated.

.peace.

[jerbles]

I've been pretty curious about this actually. People have always asked swim "are you not worried about getting aids or hepatitis" about his IV use, but he always replies with "why the fuck would I worry about that, I don't share needles."

There's no possible way to get any hep from solitary IV use, is there? Swim never shares anything (water, spoons, filters), so is there anyway he can get anything? other than endocarditis, which I hear is a pretty nasty thing to have.

And is there a Hepatitis A?

[jux]

Originally Posted by beentheredonethatagain

pam may have gotten it from a tattoo gun it is another hi risk

sigh...

getting a tattoo puts you at no higher risk of getting hep c than getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist or any other medical procedure than has the potential of breaking skin.

it all comes down to proper sterilization of equipment and taking measures to prevent cross contamination during the procedure (ie: barrier tape). i dont know where you are from, but where i live it is a requirement for tattoo artists to take government approved courses on preventing disease transmission and sterilization techniques in addition to what is already taught in your apprenticeship.

if you consider tattooing a high risk, than you have to consider visits to the dentist and the doctor as high risk also. you face just as much risk of being exposed to hep c walking into a dentists office as you do walking into a tattoo shop.

[jerbles]

but the virus already has to be present for one to get it, right? it can't just come out of nowhere, from like using needles more than once?

[Paracelsus]

Yes, of course. It's a virus. You can only get hepatitis C (and any other viral disease) when coming in direct contact with the virus. In the case of hepatitis C, this contact is blood-blood contact; in the case of HIV, sexual contact is enough; some virii are also airborne (for example influenza), etc.

[jerbles]

people always act like getting stuck with someone else's needle will give them Hepatitis of some sorts. But as long as the person didn't have hepatitis, it would be fine.

a guy goes to his doctor and tells him that he's been shooting heroin for the past year. The doctor asks him if he knows about the risks of contracting HIV and Hepatitis, and he says yeah. The doctor asks what precautions he takes, and the guy says "We always pass to the yellow guy last."

[Paracelsus]

Originally Posted by jerbles

But as long as the person didn't have hepatitis, it would be fine.

As mentioned before in this thread, one can have the virus and not know it. Re-using one's own needles - acceptable. Using someone else's - not quite.