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Hair loss
Not on treatment but would like to know if my hair loss and on going uniary trac infections are side affects of the Hep C. Any info would be helpful........thanks
Hey Sterling: Here's something hopeful for you. right before I began treatment, my viral load was 35 million - and I was undetectable at 4 weeks, and remain so at 13/24.
As for hair, I haven't lost any, I don't think, but it's definitely taken on a different texture, grows in different directions, and seems to grow slower. On Friday I had it all cut off, actually - major crew cut. It'll be interesting to see how fast/slow it comes back!
As for hair, I haven't lost any, I don't think, but it's definitely taken on a different texture, grows in different directions, and seems to grow slower. On Friday I had it all cut off, actually - major crew cut. It'll be interesting to see how fast/slow it comes back!
Hi there. I just finished 48/48 and the last two months or so were the worst for my hair falling out. I had really obscenely thick hair and thought I would not miss it. But it is now so thin I can see my scalp in the back. Vitamins and B-complex were the what I was lacking. I got short of money close to the end and couldn't get my vitamins and that is when it started falling out for real. I also took a can of Ensure every day while I was on tx. It made all the difference in the world as to how I faired on tx. The first time I tried tx, I bombed out in 5 weeks. Low RBC's and WBC's and I had to stop. This time I was on Pegasys and Copegus, 90mg Pegasys and 4 and then down to 3 Copegus a day. I have a real blood problem on tx. My HGB got down to 8.6 and let me tell you that is low.
Now that I am off tx, I still take the vitamins and Ensure and use Nioxin. Hair is slowing down on the falling out, but the energy thing is a long time in getting better. The more you lay down, the more the hair will fall out. That is the way it happened with me. But everyone is different. The Ensure really made the difference in whether I could make it on tx and when my hair started falling out.
OHC, OkieJim, hope you are doing well, along with the other ones just coming off tx. Kinda weird, huh?
Good luck and best wishes
Bodie
Now that I am off tx, I still take the vitamins and Ensure and use Nioxin. Hair is slowing down on the falling out, but the energy thing is a long time in getting better. The more you lay down, the more the hair will fall out. That is the way it happened with me. But everyone is different. The Ensure really made the difference in whether I could make it on tx and when my hair started falling out.
OHC, OkieJim, hope you are doing well, along with the other ones just coming off tx. Kinda weird, huh?
Good luck and best wishes
Bodie
Fisheress
I'm not so sure that that urinary infections and hair loss pre-tx are caused by the hep. It's easy to blame everything we have on the Hcv once we are diagnosed. Many docs will try to do that too. Unless your white counts are way down nowadays, I would make them look for other causes of these problems.
Robin....
Most folks just have a thinning of the hair on tx. It falls out normally anyways but it is normally replaced right away. On tx, it seems that the hair on our head just doesn't grow.....hardly at all. But the hair everywhere else does.....BIG time. You may find some new "weapons" when you look at your eyelashes. My fingernails also grew FAST on tx. So....sometimes there are benefits to offset the sides. My hair started making a big comeback very soon after I was done with tx. As did everything else. The skin problems took the longest but they faded too.
Chevy......
"Bumps" on your chest eh? Well.....sounds like you need to visit my NEW business....."Uncle Indys' HCV Recovery Center". We can do a "thorough" inspection of any chest bumps and recommend a course of action. Ask for the "Owner Special" and I will personally throw in a great massage of that effected area and a thorough inspection of any other "bumps" and areas that you might have missed yourself, complete with pictures and maps to be viewed later. But wait!!....I'll also throw in a free lunch.....ALL FREE OF CHARGE!!!
Libido usually returns rather quickly so you are welcome to check out our Intimate toy and clothing shoppe and/or take advantage of our "Escort Service". Currently the escorts consist of just me and Bubba(the oil change mechanic)...but we plan to expand soon.
RA symptoms can be helped in our "Sauna". This is currently just a small room with a heater turned on High....but we have plans to expand soon. Other services are availiable upon request. Make your appointmant early. We expect business to be Brisk.
I'm not so sure that that urinary infections and hair loss pre-tx are caused by the hep. It's easy to blame everything we have on the Hcv once we are diagnosed. Many docs will try to do that too. Unless your white counts are way down nowadays, I would make them look for other causes of these problems.
Robin....
Most folks just have a thinning of the hair on tx. It falls out normally anyways but it is normally replaced right away. On tx, it seems that the hair on our head just doesn't grow.....hardly at all. But the hair everywhere else does.....BIG time. You may find some new "weapons" when you look at your eyelashes. My fingernails also grew FAST on tx. So....sometimes there are benefits to offset the sides. My hair started making a big comeback very soon after I was done with tx. As did everything else. The skin problems took the longest but they faded too.
Chevy......
"Bumps" on your chest eh? Well.....sounds like you need to visit my NEW business....."Uncle Indys' HCV Recovery Center". We can do a "thorough" inspection of any chest bumps and recommend a course of action. Ask for the "Owner Special" and I will personally throw in a great massage of that effected area and a thorough inspection of any other "bumps" and areas that you might have missed yourself, complete with pictures and maps to be viewed later. But wait!!....I'll also throw in a free lunch.....ALL FREE OF CHARGE!!!
Libido usually returns rather quickly so you are welcome to check out our Intimate toy and clothing shoppe and/or take advantage of our "Escort Service". Currently the escorts consist of just me and Bubba(the oil change mechanic)...but we plan to expand soon.
RA symptoms can be helped in our "Sauna". This is currently just a small room with a heater turned on High....but we have plans to expand soon. Other services are availiable upon request. Make your appointmant early. We expect business to be Brisk.
i needed to pop in on another thread to tell you that you are the biggest phony this site has seen since way back in the rick days. i check in once in a while, and read your garbage and it is enough to make me want to vomit. you make me (and quiet as it's kept, probably 99% of the folks around here) sick.
wow jeff....that was a rather profane post, suggesting massaging a board members breasts, and various other parts of her body, intimate sex toys and clothing, as well as your offer to be a male escort , providing her with services for free of charge......as well as take photos of this event..and then offer a free lunch after, kinda sounds disgusting, and degrading to a female, not to mention, no matter how much you think your kidding around, on some level you are cheapening her and objectifying her as well,..i thought you thought of chevy as a friend, your words say otherwise. i thought you were far more of a gentleman than that?...i guess not. you should be ashamed of yourself for talking to a women like that espeacially so publicly. now who's crossing the line jeff.
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