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i have hep c i am in stage one as of a year and a half ago i continue to drink and the last couple of months my right side has been swollen and i have a constant pain????? plz help
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oh my god i had to stop drinking too its hard cos i loved party'n but it would have killed me if i kept going,get treated first then if your liver repairs then u might be able to enjoy a drink then.
especially that u r in pain and swelling of liver that aint good your liver is letting u know the drinking aint good.
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Hi, welcome to the forum.

The only advice I can give here is to stop drinking. It contributes to liver damage and thus to fibrosis. And you might not stay stage 1 for much longer. You really don't want to end up having cirrhosis.

Once you successfully stop drinking, I would look into treatment. It is important to be compliant when doing treatment and alcohol can counteract the outcome of treatment.

Do you know what genotype you are?

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