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advanced liver disease
I am currently waiting on an appointment for a biospy. (wish they would hurry}! No tx. yet. Waiting on my next appoinment. If I am already experiencing symptoms of Hep c such as achy joints,feverish and yucky,does that mean I "may" already have advanced liver disease?
"I never experienced any of the symptoms you mentioned and I have late stage 3 liver disease."
Me either, no symptoms that I ever noticed.
Achey joints and feeling out of sorts can be a whole smorgasboard of things and certainly doesn't necessarily mean end stage liver damage.
The biopsy will let you know, try not to freak out about any of it right now. Just take one step at a time and learn everything you can right now. The more you learn the better your chances of success to beat this disease. the biopsy should be a breeze - it's just our brains that can't believe that it's not going to hurt!
Me either, no symptoms that I ever noticed.
Achey joints and feeling out of sorts can be a whole smorgasboard of things and certainly doesn't necessarily mean end stage liver damage.
The biopsy will let you know, try not to freak out about any of it right now. Just take one step at a time and learn everything you can right now. The more you learn the better your chances of success to beat this disease. the biopsy should be a breeze - it's just our brains that can't believe that it's not going to hurt!
I agree...I've had those symptoms long before I was diagnosed and the biopsy (15 years ago) showed minimal damage. It could be your body reacting to the Hep virus...possibly doing it's best to clear it.
Go see a Rheumatologist for diagnosis of fibro or other possibilities and have the symptoms treated.
Personally, I would say that if there is minimal damage, minimal viral load and no other signs of the HepC advancing...wait. Keep a very close eye on it...new treatments are coming. I know others will not agree...but I treated with the old inteferon/riba and then twice started the newer combos but my genotype is the hardest and it didn't budge.
If you have the type 1a or 1b...you have to weigh the options. I thought to try to treat and get rid of it before it did any further damage but ended up damaging so many other things with the treatment.
That being said...it is so individualized that it's hard to take anyone's advice. The HepC could be quiet today and then all of a sudden turn into an ugly situation...or it could sit there for decades and do nothing/minimal damage...or somewhere in between.
I'm still up in the air about treatment in the future...it's too late to go back in time and change things.
xoxoxo,
Jennifer
Go see a Rheumatologist for diagnosis of fibro or other possibilities and have the symptoms treated.
Personally, I would say that if there is minimal damage, minimal viral load and no other signs of the HepC advancing...wait. Keep a very close eye on it...new treatments are coming. I know others will not agree...but I treated with the old inteferon/riba and then twice started the newer combos but my genotype is the hardest and it didn't budge.
If you have the type 1a or 1b...you have to weigh the options. I thought to try to treat and get rid of it before it did any further damage but ended up damaging so many other things with the treatment.
That being said...it is so individualized that it's hard to take anyone's advice. The HepC could be quiet today and then all of a sudden turn into an ugly situation...or it could sit there for decades and do nothing/minimal damage...or somewhere in between.
I'm still up in the air about treatment in the future...it's too late to go back in time and change things.
xoxoxo,
Jennifer
I never experienced any of the symptoms you mentioned and I have late stage 3 liver disease. Some people experience exactly what you mentioned and have very little liver disease. Biopsy is the most accurate test to determine staging.
Have you already had all the other testing done? Fiberspect, MRI, Viral load HCV RNA?
I heard that England is doing what they call an ultrafast cat scan to detect the condition of the liver but the Gold Standard here in America is the Biopsy-which, I wonder costs the less? Good luck on your Liver Biopsy-mine was a breeze
I heard that England is doing what they call an ultrafast cat scan to detect the condition of the liver but the Gold Standard here in America is the Biopsy-which, I wonder costs the less? Good luck on your Liver Biopsy-mine was a breeze
Have you already had all the other testing done? Fiberspect, MRI, Viral load HCV RNA?
I heard that England is doing what they call an ultrafast cat scan to detect the condition of the liver but the Gold Standard here in America is the Biopsy-which, I wonder costs the less? Good luck on your Liver Biopsy-mine was a breeze
I heard that England is doing what they call an ultrafast cat scan to detect the condition of the liver but the Gold Standard here in America is the Biopsy-which, I wonder costs the less? Good luck on your Liver Biopsy-mine was a breeze
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