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ok i was recently diagnosed w/ hep c and haveing some pinching pain in neck and on right side also some numbness in my fingers,it comes and goes just like that ,just wondering if anyone can help or has experienced this themself?? any help w/ this would be apreciated.
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On treatment I had some fingertip numbness from the interferon - are you on treatment?
Hi Julie,
More often than not, Hep C is an asymptomatic disease. Most patients aren’t aware they’re infected until their doctor calls and gives them lab results. Could you be dealing with stress as a result of the recent diagnosis? If symptoms do present, they are often more along the lines of fatigue.
Tell us more about your diagnosis; was it based on antibody results, or did they perform confirmation testing?
Bill
More often than not, Hep C is an asymptomatic disease. Most patients aren’t aware they’re infected until their doctor calls and gives them lab results. Could you be dealing with stress as a result of the recent diagnosis? If symptoms do present, they are often more along the lines of fatigue.
Tell us more about your diagnosis; was it based on antibody results, or did they perform confirmation testing?
Bill
Here is a cool site for some invaluable info.
Its a good one
http://www.janis7hepc.com/Hepatitis%20C%202008%20New%20Inhibitors.htm
Its a good one
http://www.janis7hepc.com/Hepatitis%20C%202008%20New%20Inhibitors.htm
I've had this for 40+ years as much as I can figure and feel pretty good except those pesky red hands. Stress can do a number on you that's for sure.
Dont talk about stress to me,i went tru freakn hell...stress can cause phyicial illness if ya dont control it somehow,it can also rack your brain...LOL...dont worry Julie you got good friends here who will guide the way.I remember how i felt when i first found out.Jim Jim was the man who helped me along and NY girl.
I did have the numbness in my fingers off and on for years, then found out it was carpal tunnel syndrome. Also had a little right side pain off and on.
Do you know how long you have been infected? Have you started all the testing before treatment?
Do you know how long you have been infected? Have you started all the testing before treatment?
not on treatment yet i found out only because i asked to be tested for everything !! doc not sure if he can offer treatment yet..have to go for abdominal ultra sound,think somemore test,still not sure of how i got this !! thank you for your responses maybe it is stress...if it persists i'll have to bring it up to the doc .
I wouldn't waste my money on an ultrasound when it still won't give you a clear picture of how much damage your liver has gotten. Just go straight for the biopsy, then you won't have any doubts. It isn't that bad of a procedure, and it answers all of the questions at once.
FYI the most obvious answer is that it probably is a pinched nerve in your neck that would also cause numbness in your fingers. it probably has absolutely nothing to do with hepc at all really.
I would go for the ultrasound, it shows more than just the liver. The biopsy can always be done also.
Hi and welcome to the forum. The pinching that you are feeling in your neck is something that I have had for a long time (not related to hep). The numbness COULD be from a pinched nerve in your neck affecting your fingers.
I would find a good and I mean a good chiropractor that takes x-rays before he even touches you. Doctors do not read x-rays the same way a chiro does. In the mean time try ice on your neck / upper shoulder area. Even heat works sometimes. Good Luck
Denise
I would find a good and I mean a good chiropractor that takes x-rays before he even touches you. Doctors do not read x-rays the same way a chiro does. In the mean time try ice on your neck / upper shoulder area. Even heat works sometimes. Good Luck
Denise
i'm probably going for ultra sound sometime next week have yet to make oppt.read up on liver biopsy not sure if i want that, it's not with out complication and don't think it's nesasary for treatment...nygirl7 it could verry well be a pinched nerve i work out daily so maybe...sorry about my spelling lol!
I wouldn't waste my money on an ultrasound when it still won't give you a clear picture of how much damage your liver has gotten."
Why on earth would a newly diagnosed member render such a medical piece of advice such as this? Ultrasound and biopsy are two different tools with two very different sets of things that they look for. It'd be great to find out she was stage 1 but then six months later die of liver cancer wouldn't it? This is why doctors make the calls on these things and not new patients on the internet.
If you've ever known anyone who has had liver cancer - it is a very fast road downhill and a very, very unpleasant one at that. If the medical doctor advises the test please do not "skip" it to save money. That is just absolutely absurd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why on earth would a newly diagnosed member render such a medical piece of advice such as this? Ultrasound and biopsy are two different tools with two very different sets of things that they look for. It'd be great to find out she was stage 1 but then six months later die of liver cancer wouldn't it? This is why doctors make the calls on these things and not new patients on the internet.
If you've ever known anyone who has had liver cancer - it is a very fast road downhill and a very, very unpleasant one at that. If the medical doctor advises the test please do not "skip" it to save money. That is just absolutely absurd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess because I only had the ultrasound is why "I" said go for it but if I had known then what I know now I would have had both. I like the fact that US does show other "things"
Since geno2 and 3 are rarely biopsied but from what I gather usually ultrasounded (If there is such a word) it would appear that it is crucial to the diagnosis factor, you are right GSD!
well i'm deff,going to consider everything my doc say's to do,and think it's great to have support on line,I have 4 verry good reason's to hang in w/ this that would be my baby girls and my hubby if not for them not sure what i'd do write now ! thanks again for your support.
Hi again, Julie—
Hep C can be successfully resolved with interferon/ribavirin; in fact, some doctors use the term ‘cured’. The term we use synonymously in here with cure is ‘SVR’, or Sustained Viral Response. This occurs when treatment is completed, six months pass without additional meds, and the patient remains undetectable for virus. When this occurs, the they will remain virus-free or cured over 99+% of the time.
--Bill
Hep C can be successfully resolved with interferon/ribavirin; in fact, some doctors use the term ‘cured’. The term we use synonymously in here with cure is ‘SVR’, or Sustained Viral Response. This occurs when treatment is completed, six months pass without additional meds, and the patient remains undetectable for virus. When this occurs, the they will remain virus-free or cured over 99+% of the time.
--Bill
Hi Julie,
I know for sure Rocker thinks there's a clinical cure for HCV. He's living proof, just like the rest of us who beat this thing.
And you can do it, too.
An informed decision is the best decision.
I know for sure Rocker thinks there's a clinical cure for HCV. He's living proof, just like the rest of us who beat this thing.
And you can do it, too.
An informed decision is the best decision.
theres some hope here,,for me write now there sooo much that i'm unsure off until i get all my test and results back .I'm going on monday for an abdominal ultrasound we'll see how that goes ....and see what the next move we'll be for me ??? ty for ur responses
Ulta sound is usally done to detect cancer and inflammation,not liver damage,so NY gal is correct,it would be a waste right now,first you need to see the level of damage with a BX...this is the usual order of operations.
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