healing time and chronic hep c

[lynn1958674]

Happy Early St Paddy'sDay Everyone!.Just a quick question: has anyone had a break or fracture with chronic hep c?
broke a knuckle Monday and wondering if the c will add to healing time.i haven't started treatment which could be a factor..
thanks

[Carlhcv]

I suffered a badly broken left tibia and fibula while infected with hep C. Healing time and results were normal. (but very painful!)

[flyinlynn]

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[bge414]

Hello,
I happened to run across your question while searching for articles related to fracture healing and Hepatitis C as I am publishing an article on fracture healing.  Unfortunately, it appears to be a severely understudied area. As I work in a region with a number of Hepatitis C patients I am planning to explore the feasibility of conducting such a study in the hopes of someday being able to answer the very reasonable question that you asked.  Sorry I don't have more at this time.  Best of luck with the metacarpal injury.

[lynn1958674]

thank you. my treatment doesn't begin until after the hand should be healed. best wishes.

[asle]

Hard question to answer.
I'm about your age, chronic HCV,(contracted early 1980's), and I broke my shoulder badly about 5 months before I began treating.
I don't know whether it was my age, density of  calcium in my bones,  the severity of the fracture, or the HCV, but it took about 5 months to heal (admittedly I also had ripped 80% of the subscapularis tendon from the bone).
Perhaps someone here may have some stats etc, but I only have the above anecdotal evidence.
Incidently, I had finished physio etc, and began TX with triple five months after fracture, and the Interfering went straight into the area where there had been trauma, and kept my shoulder sore all the way through treatment. After TX ceased, pain went away.
Really nurse that knuckle.
Good luck.