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Sinus Infections/Pegasys?
by Fmulder, Oct 28, 2007 04:11AM
My doctor wants to treat me (with pegasys/reba) for my Hep C, Stage 2, Geno 1a, I heard the treatments can make you more prone to infections?, I get very serious sinus infections and have nasal polyps that exasperate the situation, I was sicker than hell this weekend just from my sinus infection, I was thinking if i was doing the treatments I would probably be heading for the emergency room!, Do these treatments make infections worse? i.e., If you catch a real bad cold while doing the treatments is your cold worse than it would have normally been?, I also have blood sugar issues that make me hypoglycemic quite often, Does this effect that?, I guess what i'm saying is I just don't want to feel any worse than i already do!
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Your total immunity system goes down - you will have problems.
But - you can handle them.
Make sure you and your doctor have contingency plans - make sure he/she is willing to treat you for side effects... As soon as they happen.
The TX can be bad for some --- but be aware some folks don't have any problems and you could be one of them.
Pay attention to your blood sugar --- pay attention to your body --- and stay on top of things.
Good luck - and welcome to the forums!
Meki
The weird thing is, I haven't had one sinus infection for the past 11 months, since starting TX. I also have cut way back on allergy injections, from once or twice a month to once every 6 weeks to 2 months coz I don't get allergy SX anymore.
I did have a couple of whopper ear infections during the first couple of months but I'm prone to them as I took out half my ear drum a decade or so ago and I was using ear plugs coz I couldn't sleep.
I now wonder if the sinus/allergy stuff wasn't a result of the hep-C?
Who knows.
But this is the first time in several decades I haven't had to be on regular antibiotics for sinus infections.
wyntre
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jasper