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You can Google both of these to get more info. Also, need to do the cleanses, colon, liver, kidney, galbladder. Eat organic foods to get the toxins out of your body to enable your body overcome the disease itself, this is important. I am not promoting his book, but I feel it is a must read if you want information on how to beat this awful disease. My mother is now HEPATITIS Negative with his help. God bless and good luck!View Thread


First off, thank you for taking the time to share your experience with the Hepatitis community. Many people may not know of autoimmune hepatitis and its reach to our children. What you've gone through having to witness your daughter go through unimaginable struggles from such an early age is truly a testament to both you and your daughter's strength.
Congratulations on your daughter's recent marriage. I hope that you both will continue to keep this condition under control and that many more blessings come your way.
Click here to learn more about autoimmune hepatitisView Thread



Have you expressed these concerns to your doctor? I agree with you that this does seem confusing. Have you received any blood transfusions lately?
Click here to read more about Hepatitis C and its causes
Since you said that you've tested negative for Hep C on blood tests in the past, I would definitely talk with your doctor about the possibility of you being an inactive carrier and/or the presence of a false positive reading on your blood test.
What were the results of the second blood test? Please be sure to update us on how you're doing.View Thread



I'm sorry to hear that you're having a tough time! I can completely understand that losing your memory in addition to all of your other symptoms must have been extremely scary for you. I know that it would have been for me.
Here is the information that we have on Viekira Pak
WebMD also has 9 user reviews of the drug. You might be ale to find someone who has experienced similar side effects.
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I am happy to hear of your positive prognosis. If you check out Imuran in the WebMD Drugs & Supplements center, there are over 172 user reviews. You might find some useful information there about users of Imuran going into remission.
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You can Google both of these to get more info. Also, need to do the cleanses, colon, liver, kidney, galbladder. Eat organic foods to get the toxins out of your body to enable your body overcome the disease itself, this is important. I am not promoting his book, but I feel it is a must read if you want information on how to beat this awful disease. My mother is now
HEPATITIS Negative with his help. Anyway, his email: ([email protected]) God bless and good luck!View Thread




















Was diagnosed 10 years ago and only took Urso for a month. I moved and new Dr would not give prescription because my blood work looked o.k. and stayed very low fir 10 years.
Recently I had an issue with blood in urine with clots for about 6 hours, went thru all testing and it was not bladder cancer. I continued to feel ill and a couple months later was admitted to hospital and it was found my gallbladder was only working @4%, so they removed gallbladder.
While in hospital my AST & ALT #'s continued to rise, at time of surgery they did liver biopsy.
The local pathologist sent it to Johns Hopkins ant it came back consistent with AIH and Overlapping PCB. Had ASMA came back high but ASN came back negative. Local ohysian says this does not make sense ?
Anyone have similar experuence ?View Thread






However...you need to get to a Hepatologist right away.
Your numbers are pretty high, but don't panic. You need to get your condition 'typed' and properly diagnosed, and treatment started right away. Basically those liver enzyme numbers being that high simply mean that your liver is under attack and experiencing damage inside your body. You've got to help your liver fight back and heal/regenerate to the fullest extent possible, so sooner is better.
I've been on a 2 year journey with a daughter diagnosed with AIH, which you may also have (vs HEP C, B, etc.).
If you do have HEP C, there's been amazing progress (almost a cure) with new drugs recently. Bad news is they are CRAZY expensive.
btw, I'm assuming you're a girl based on your UTI comment, and AIH mostly affects girls in your age bracket
Anyway, you'll need to do a lot of research, as you will quickly learn that you must control your own destiny with this condition to the extent that is possible. I'll try to help as much as I can so post back often.
What kind of insurance do you have? That will get very important soon, regardless of which type the docs tell you that you have. There will be many tests and probably a biopsy in your future too. Don't panic about that, my teenage daughter has been through several of them and while not fun it's not the end of the world either.
I'll try to help as much as possible. Hang in there, the vast majority of people with this disease manage well through it.View Thread









I know it only lasts a few days on open surfaces but since toothpaste is sealed with no air getting to it i thought it may be different. Thanks guysView Thread






I really don't know what to think or do. When I eat lately my stomache and intestines swell and become hard. Don't really no whaView Thread






Genotype 3
Viral load 6580000
Less than 34
Can any one tell abt seriousness of conditions. Possible lines of treatment. First time detection. No history of drug or alcohol misuseView Thread












Before I started I was a 1 million and now before I started it was 70 thousand. My hep C is Genotype 4 ac (a blood transfusion at birth in Alaska, born premature. It seems that it came from Africa or Europe). I'll get the final results in February after I finish taking the pill on September 3rd.
My side effects was a migraine for 5 days but after that it is pretty minor. Just fatigue for the most part, going to take a nap after taking the pill helps alot.View Thread



Call me LeftyLOView Thread



Keith B Ph.D.View Thread



u/ml and hbvdna by pcr undetectable ....what does that indicate?View Thread

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