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Baby with Hep
Nov 12, 2008 11:44AM in the Hepatitis C Community
pkids.org GREAT support for families of kids with HCV, HBV - many are adopted - You will get more support and info specific to your situation that anywhere else Lisa
hep c and lupus
Nov 06, 2008 05:06AM in the Hepatitis C Community
Yes! I was misdiagnosed for a few years, my hep doc says I do NOT have lupus
Vertex study
Nov 01, 2008 04:55AM in the Hepatitis C Community
So sorry about your experience, I thought i really wanted in on that trial until now. I am in Boston too and we probably see the same doc. Lisa
i give hep c to my baby,,sad
Oct 28, 2008 12:58PM in the Hepatitis C Community
Thanks for asking, yes, it has been over a year since Eric finished his year of treatment!!! He was UND from 4 weeks on and he is STILL UND!!! The good news is that we found out relatively late that we all had this thing and so the kids lived normal lives in blissful ignorance, never had any problems which could have been attributed to the HCV. I do see NA,...
i give hep c to my baby,,sad
Oct 28, 2008 05:26AM in the Hepatitis C Community
The PUBLICIZED vertical transmission risk may be low but reality is that they are based on very small study groups. There are a lot of us out here that have transmitted HCV to our kids. I have 2 which makes the %% in my case skyrocket - and I dont have any particular additional risk factors. Something to carefully consider.
Anyone with no side effects
Oct 05, 2008 06:16AM in the Hepatitis C Community
My son tx for 48 weeks and did not miss a day of school. Of course young people seem to tolerate tx better. He felt great at the beginning and strangely enough, at the end. There was a phase mid tx where he was pretty tired and lost a bit of weight. None of his friends seemed to notice, but he does have a few other issues as well (on seizure meds). He is sti...