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Is possible with a good diet to stop the progression?!


Hello everyone,
I have been diagnosed with hep C almost 6 month ago during a common blood test. After I have seeing a doctor he suggested me to wait (refering him the desease was in moderate stages) and to make regular blood tests every 6 months. I did some of those test yesterday and it came out these results

ALT (SGPT)                43.8              U/L
AST(SGOT)                39.4            U/L
Direct Billurbin             0.28          mg/dL
Indirect Bilurbin           0.44            mg/dL
Total bilurbin               0.72          mg/dL

Serum protein electrophresis
Fraction                                 %                
Albumin                                 56
Alpha 1                                  3.9
Alpha 2                                  8.9
Beta1                                     7.2
Beta2                                     6.4
Gamma                                 17.6

About 5 months ago I had these Results
ALT (SGPT)                56.8            U/L
AST(SGOT)                38.4            U/L
Direct Bilurbin             0.354          mg/dL
Indirect Bilurbin           0.61            mg/dL
Total bilurbin               0.962          mg/dL

Serum protein electrophresis
Fraction                                 %                
Albumin                                55.1
Alpha 1                                  4
Alpha 2                                10.9
Beta                                      9.7
Gamma                                20.3

I also made a elastography test and before 5 months the max value was 7kPa now the max value is 6.5kPa and was not an enlarge liver like use to be months ago. During all this time I have been very careful with food eating only beans, cabbages, spinach, black rice, carrots a lot of kiwi, apples, home made cottage cheese, green tea, green salads, a lot of olive oil extra virgin homemade one,  etc. Alcohol stopped, even smell it.
My question is that, Is it possible that through a good diet you might slow the progress of liver damages from Hep C virus?!  
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1840891 tn?1431547793
Curiosity got the best of me, and I spent an hour trying to find a direct comparison of Metavir fibrosis scores with MRI elastography scores. It's pretty hard, if not impossible, to find straightforward equivalencies, but I did find a number of studies that made more general comparisons . It would appear that your scores of 6.5 and 7.0 kPa are both still below the f2 equivalent, and are probably more like the low end of f1, so you probably do have time to wait for a safer treatment to hit the market.
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4670047 tn?1375730401
Lol!!
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As a EMT worked Alcohol and Drug Detox Unit for extra hours.  No it is not true. If it were we'd all be stumbling around drunk.  I wouldn't ask my doctor that question either because he would think I am an idiot.  Before we would release them back to work they had to have blood and urine tests. If their liver maintained the alcohol there would be no way in hell that they would be cleared.  Detox units would be as full as jails.

Again, another reason to drink water.  Was always told that if I was going out drinking to hydrated before and after.  
  
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2059648 tn?1439766665
Ask your doctor...as everyone should do.  I  Read all that before.  Your right..
you can't go to jail for driving with traces of alcohol in the liver:).  Ask your
doctor.

Best To You Pooh

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4670047 tn?1375730401
Happy another question, I was wondering if the Dr (s) were more along the homeopathic route. Many can be extreme with some of there advice. Just a question, I'm not picking on you.:).  And toxins verses alcohol?? There's a difference.

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Well if that Dr is correct, which i know he is not, my liver would probably weigh 100 lbs and be fully saturated with alcohol. Please dont light a match around me! I might blow up
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4670047 tn?1375730401
Thanks. I myself was calculating how many new years eve parties are stuck in my liver.
Happy--yes I myself did the same thing about looking up the 6 months of not drinking prior to treatment. I never heard of that either. I also think impossible to enforce, how could they ever test for that.
I do know if your in a trial it would be required not to drink for them to get the optimum results, (numbers).

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