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High vreses low viral load in Hep c patients
I was dignosed with hep c 1 yr ago. My viral load at that time was 18 million with normal alt levels. I have not been treated but I have changed my diet to a nutritional one and I do not drink anymore, my hole life has changed. I live one day at a time. I recently went to the doctor and my viral load was at 1 million with an alt count of 57, high normal being 40 on their scale. How could this be. Is this normal, could I really beat this desease with the right choices I have taken. Please advice thank you, litecloud
be careful of just assuming all herbs are safe to try. most have not been tested in hcv people. the last thing we want to do is make matters worse. some things can interfer with tx and others can cause the liver to worsen or the virus to replicate faster.
example: i took kava kava for years for sleep before i knew i had hcv. then it turns out it has caused serious liver damage in some people.
on another subject,"a biopsy is essential before going on tx." so says my new GI at my last visit.
my first GI said it was not essential. but, i insisted on it any way, and it turns out i have early cirhosis. the dr. looked shocked at the biopsy report. i wasn't at all surprised.
example: i took kava kava for years for sleep before i knew i had hcv. then it turns out it has caused serious liver damage in some people.
on another subject,"a biopsy is essential before going on tx." so says my new GI at my last visit.
my first GI said it was not essential. but, i insisted on it any way, and it turns out i have early cirhosis. the dr. looked shocked at the biopsy report. i wasn't at all surprised.
Larry asked me a question last night about what my ferritin level was... I thought he was talkin about a drug..SILLY NEWB hahaha.. I was doing some reading and realized it was my iron level HAAHA silly NEWB again. please give me more info on why this is important to gave done and how can it interfere with treatment.. SOMEONE PLEASE INFORM THE NEWB..BEFORE SHE MAKES AN A#%s of herself.
I have been sick with sinusitis,Brochitis for the last 2 weeks, I can't get rid of this cr@#P .. I have been on Omnicef(antibiotic)and it did not work so I got Biaxin( another antibiotic) and humibid and albuterol inhaler. My question is are regular sickness harder to fight off because of our immune system being cr@$PY? Has anyone else had this problem?
Sandi...I don't understand..You say you have early cirrois (sp) but your dr wants you to get on liver transplant list??? Are you having other problems with this? I guess it puzzles me because I always thought they wouldn't consider putting you on a list until ESLD so not sure? And wouldn't the tx if you respond...help also?
Not to worry about making and A$$ of yourself. I am a relative newbie also (#11/48) and you can't even imagine some of the dumb stuff I come up with! It took me two weeks to figure out ESLD meant end stage liver disease. So, ask any questions you want. This Board is full of helpful people and someone will always answer and NOBODY will think you are asking silly questions. The only dumb question is the one not asked!
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