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Genotype 3 Treatment
We now know that geno 3 should not be treated like geno 2. Someone (sorry, I cannot remember who) on this forum gave me this valuable information, according to latest studies of:
Columbia University, MD, special research for G3
NOT UND at W 4 48 weeks tx
High VL UND at W 4 36 weeks tx
Low VL UND at W 4 24 weeks tx
If anyone has more information and experience treating genotype 3, I would be very thankful to hear about it.
Marcia
Columbia University, MD, special research for G3
NOT UND at W 4 48 weeks tx
High VL UND at W 4 36 weeks tx
Low VL UND at W 4 24 weeks tx
If anyone has more information and experience treating genotype 3, I would be very thankful to hear about it.
Marcia
Cant say for sure but length of infection doesnt seem to come into it much either.
I had steatosis after being infected 13 years, which was when i found out.
Low Cholesterol is related to steatosis at least with us 3s so that might be an indicator.
CS
I had steatosis after being infected 13 years, which was when i found out.
Low Cholesterol is related to steatosis at least with us 3s so that might be an indicator.
CS
Wow, I sure don't want to hear that.
The life style NASH, I cannot have, the alcohol one neither, as I don't drink
So if I had the G3 one, I could get rid of it through tx. Well, only the biopsy will tell that one. Does it have to do with how long you've had the virus or is it just as random as with the grade and stage.
Sorry I'm buggin you with all these questions, but it is getting darn interesting.
Marcia
The life style NASH, I cannot have, the alcohol one neither, as I don't drink
So if I had the G3 one, I could get rid of it through tx. Well, only the biopsy will tell that one. Does it have to do with how long you've had the virus or is it just as random as with the grade and stage.
Sorry I'm buggin you with all these questions, but it is getting darn interesting.
Marcia
Thanks for the verification on this one. Was just wondering, did they consider overweight, hypertension, diabetes etc...
Yes. Alcohol, being overweight etc the only statistically significant factor with steatosis and G3 was being G3.
We can get both type of steatosis though.
The G3 one goes away with svr. The life style form has to be gotten rid of thru diet and excercise
CS
Yes. Alcohol, being overweight etc the only statistically significant factor with steatosis and G3 was being G3.
We can get both type of steatosis though.
The G3 one goes away with svr. The life style form has to be gotten rid of thru diet and excercise
CS
"I also think that IVDU gets the blame for a lot of medical transmission.
Saves a lot of money and red faces, saying you got it from IVDU and not medical treatment."
Also stops a lot of lawsuits.
I'm checking into my batch of Rhogam - and waiting for the medical record papers - when I was down in Anchorage - I got the exact date and time - and it completely correlates with what I believe was an ACUTE phase (which I had attributed to being pregnant and on a cruise ship).
I also am getting the batch number and I specifically let the records person KNOW that I had HCV - type 3a - that I was researching to see if I could have obtained it through that means --- AND that I was going to attempt to contact others who may have taken that batch during that time frame. I advised them that I was going to take out a personal's ad in the Anchorage Newspaper... Once I knew the batch number - And spread the word around that the possibility exists - that if someone got a shot of Rhogam during that time frame - they MAY have HCV and should be checked.
My way of thinking is that:
A) either the batch was contaminated ...but - keep in mind that I was given that in 1996/January so it was either an OLD batch,
B)one that had been re-used with a syringe that had already been injected --- like maybe the first person's shot wasn't enough and they re-used the same syringe....
OR....
C)Maybe they really weren't following clearance procedures.
Just so you know - she advised me I would have my records and the batch number by MONDAY --- ahem... It's now Sunday the following week past that Monday.
Methinks Providence Hospital is seriously checking into it.
Which --- to me --- means a lot -- because there could be several other folks out there that have 3a here in ALASKA --- which they have told me is a pretty uncommon genotype here.
And I think those folks need to be aware that it is a possibility that they could have it too.
It's IMPERATIVE to me that people know they should be checked out. This disease needs to be stopped - and people who do not know they have it may be engaging in behavior which could transmit this disease to others.
If it's not the Rhogam - I certainly have no other earthly idea where it could have come from... I didn't have any transmission factors --- no cuts, except with family --- no transfusions - no major dental work... Nothing that could point to it. No outside the marriage unprotected sex --- no kissing anyone else... NADA... No needle sticks from EMT work --- no blood on me -- I was mostly the transporting crew --- so I was there just to read guages and pat people on the back --- no really serious blood scenes...
Just absolutely NOTHING that could point to a transmission route except that - in that amount of time --- since knowing I was clear.
So - yeah ---- I can see where doctors or the medical industry would want to say it comes more from IVDU than their practices.
I don't blame anyone tho --- I mean - people are just now learning how things are spread --- how contamination starts -- how to kill this disease and others.
We're a very young society medically - and we're learning more every day.
So there is no blame.
For me --- there is just a need to make sure that anyone else who may have been infected can take care of themselves and not pass it on.
This disease needs to be eradicated from the world.
Love to you all... thanks for listening... LOL!
Meki
Saves a lot of money and red faces, saying you got it from IVDU and not medical treatment."
Also stops a lot of lawsuits.
I'm checking into my batch of Rhogam - and waiting for the medical record papers - when I was down in Anchorage - I got the exact date and time - and it completely correlates with what I believe was an ACUTE phase (which I had attributed to being pregnant and on a cruise ship).
I also am getting the batch number and I specifically let the records person KNOW that I had HCV - type 3a - that I was researching to see if I could have obtained it through that means --- AND that I was going to attempt to contact others who may have taken that batch during that time frame. I advised them that I was going to take out a personal's ad in the Anchorage Newspaper... Once I knew the batch number - And spread the word around that the possibility exists - that if someone got a shot of Rhogam during that time frame - they MAY have HCV and should be checked.
My way of thinking is that:
A) either the batch was contaminated ...but - keep in mind that I was given that in 1996/January so it was either an OLD batch,
B)one that had been re-used with a syringe that had already been injected --- like maybe the first person's shot wasn't enough and they re-used the same syringe....
OR....
C)Maybe they really weren't following clearance procedures.
Just so you know - she advised me I would have my records and the batch number by MONDAY --- ahem... It's now Sunday the following week past that Monday.
Methinks Providence Hospital is seriously checking into it.
Which --- to me --- means a lot -- because there could be several other folks out there that have 3a here in ALASKA --- which they have told me is a pretty uncommon genotype here.
And I think those folks need to be aware that it is a possibility that they could have it too.
It's IMPERATIVE to me that people know they should be checked out. This disease needs to be stopped - and people who do not know they have it may be engaging in behavior which could transmit this disease to others.
If it's not the Rhogam - I certainly have no other earthly idea where it could have come from... I didn't have any transmission factors --- no cuts, except with family --- no transfusions - no major dental work... Nothing that could point to it. No outside the marriage unprotected sex --- no kissing anyone else... NADA... No needle sticks from EMT work --- no blood on me -- I was mostly the transporting crew --- so I was there just to read guages and pat people on the back --- no really serious blood scenes...
Just absolutely NOTHING that could point to a transmission route except that - in that amount of time --- since knowing I was clear.
So - yeah ---- I can see where doctors or the medical industry would want to say it comes more from IVDU than their practices.
I don't blame anyone tho --- I mean - people are just now learning how things are spread --- how contamination starts -- how to kill this disease and others.
We're a very young society medically - and we're learning more every day.
So there is no blame.
For me --- there is just a need to make sure that anyone else who may have been infected can take care of themselves and not pass it on.
This disease needs to be eradicated from the world.
Love to you all... thanks for listening... LOL!
Meki
Thanks so much for the info. I had always read about the geographical distribution of hepc genotypes which still left me wondering where I got hep c.
It doesn't matter, and I will never know.
I have several risk factors, one of which is working in the medical community since '82, and performing sharp debridement on wounds. Pulled off those darn gloves at times maybe when I shouldn't have. They always get in the way, but I leave them on nowadays!
I have always wondered if my time spent in the Air Force had something to do with the geographical distribution, (not that I thought you had to travel to Asia of Europe to get hep c) I never went out of the states during my 4 yrs, but perhaps shared blood tainted materials with those who did.
Thanks again for all the info,and thanks Marcia for starting this thread.
Nice of you to point out Adiamos post to mar too.
Can I just give one big group hug?:)
Bug
It doesn't matter, and I will never know.
I have several risk factors, one of which is working in the medical community since '82, and performing sharp debridement on wounds. Pulled off those darn gloves at times maybe when I shouldn't have. They always get in the way, but I leave them on nowadays!
I have always wondered if my time spent in the Air Force had something to do with the geographical distribution, (not that I thought you had to travel to Asia of Europe to get hep c) I never went out of the states during my 4 yrs, but perhaps shared blood tainted materials with those who did.
Thanks again for all the info,and thanks Marcia for starting this thread.
Nice of you to point out Adiamos post to mar too.
Can I just give one big group hug?:)
Bug
Thanks for the verification on this one. Was just wondering, did they consider overweight, hypertension, diabetes etc... when they made the statistics that 71% of geno 3's have steatosis? I believe that being geno 3, one is more prone to it than other genos, but how much more, as all those other factors play a big role, too. Especially since there is a big tendency to those other illnesses.
Another thing, I tried to find out about the symptoms of NASH. They are all the same as hep c. So no way to tell. I just wonder, if aversion to fatty foods could be a symptom of steatosis or a symptom of being prone to it. Maybe the body just tells you, stay away from that stuff, cause I can't digest it properly....
I'm very sensitive, and can most times just look at food, to know if I'm gonna be able to take it.
My GP told me that aversion to fatty foods has to do with the gall bladder and can be an indication to gall bladder stones. I had an ultra sound scan, and no gall bladder stones.
Marcia
Another thing, I tried to find out about the symptoms of NASH. They are all the same as hep c. So no way to tell. I just wonder, if aversion to fatty foods could be a symptom of steatosis or a symptom of being prone to it. Maybe the body just tells you, stay away from that stuff, cause I can't digest it properly....
I'm very sensitive, and can most times just look at food, to know if I'm gonna be able to take it.
My GP told me that aversion to fatty foods has to do with the gall bladder and can be an indication to gall bladder stones. I had an ultra sound scan, and no gall bladder stones.
Marcia
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