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Mother pasted HepC during child birth

I just wonder if there were. Any women that passed their hep 2 there child during broth, I feel like a piece of crap that my son. Has 2 live w this,I luv my son wish this I could change 4 him
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I am so sorry to hear your son has the virus it's one of my biggest fears as a parrent. I have had this disease since birth and has not held me back at all and was always a "healthy" kid never got sick I had a few bumps along the way but otherwise normal childhood. My oldest daughter (4) tested negative and ill kept testing her as she grows my youngest daughter (6 months) has not been tested yet my doctor says to wait till 18 months so my fingers are crossed she didn't get it... She has a heart defect so I pray that's all she has to conquer in life! My thoughts are with you and all the best to you and your family! Positive thoughts u will get through this! Xo

Ps I think it's a personal preference to have your children tested i would never question someones choice on testing or not that's their decision.  I was so scared waiting on results I actually sent my husband to hear them and tell me, but even if she tested positive I think I would monitor her and wait till we felt time was right and especially with new meds coming your son has such a promising future of clearing this for good. Children are so resilient.
Best of luck!
Momof286
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163305 tn?1333668571
To find out about testing try checking the hepCchallenge web site.
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  Yes, up above, in this thread, there are several links,

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/717069_2

http://www.hepns.ca/Downloads/PDF/Hepatitis%20C%20in%20Children.pdf

http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/hepatitis.html

When I read thru these articles, they had done some studies on children that were born with Hep C.  Some of them cleared the virus on their own, before the age of five yrs, so this shows us that Hep C works differently with very young children. Once over the age of five yrs, this didn't appear to be happening anymore,
   Child24angle had a different scenario than you and I, her son got Hep C
via a blood transfusion, becuz he was a hemophiliac. She mentioned above that her son bled very easily, so she felt the need to let the schools know.
  Even though she felt the need, the chances of her son passing Hep C on to someone who was helping him, were still very slim. They would have to of had his blood going a fresh cut of theirs, and most adults cover, especially working around children, cover their wounds with a bandage.
     I agree with you, your son deserves confidentiality, concerning his health issues,  Now about you, Luvbug, please stop "beating yourself up" over this. You are "shoulding" on yrself, as in: "if only I had done this..or had done that differently".  It just doesn't help anything, and only suceeds in making you feel crappy.  
   Your goal should be to make yourself feel good, so you can raise your son to the best of your ability.   Like I said before, help is on the way, new meds are coming down the pipe-line, that will be very easy to treat with,
   I have four children, the oldest one is 30 yrs, and is healthy and successful, the second one, my 21 yr old, had problems with addiction, like her father and I did, and it's a struggle for her.  I still worry about my last two sons, who are 11 and 13 yrs, so I try to be a good role-model.
   The fact that you quit heroin is monumental, so give yrself a patonthe back for that. The Suboxone was needed. Now your son is healthy. He is a blessing. You have to learn how to train yourself to think in a positive way, that makes you feel good.  When I get depressed, I notice myself thinking very negatively. I try to "delete" these kind of gloomy thoughts (example; I'm a loser,) and retape, by thinkingof something good in my life. It's the old, "is the cup half full, or half empty?"  Anytime I start feeling sorry for myself, I think about people who have it really hard, but still have a positive attitude. My husband lost his right leg in a motor-cycle accident, but he went on, and had two sons, and really enjoys his life, a lot of the time.
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R u saying a child could clear the hep out mayb? I know I have a wonderful hamdsom son, how started this world in a neg, as I use 2 B a heroin addict   clean 4 like 5 yrs before I had him but I was still on Suboxin, he was addicted to it so they kept him to make sure he didn't withdrawl,well of course he has his mothers luck bout hour after I'm home they call to say they gotta dose him, give him morphine , so the give him that then they gotta ween him off that, so my son was born addicted, bad enuff he got genes from both parents that r recovering addicts. I just hope he doesn't go down the path I did, I'm gonna do all I can to help him not. Sry to dump on u I just have no 1 to talk to bout these things. People always wanna know what's wrong but I can won,t tell them, Best wishes 2 u& urs
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I'm sry for ur lose,I dnt know bout telling school bout my sons hep, he deverses  to have a normal life in school, if he got sick & was bleeding @ a drop of a hat,I,d tell the schools. I just wish I could change it for him, he should b able 2 do anything  he wants, I just feel horrible, Best wishes 2 u  & yours
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thx Emily,I understand topics get off subject.Hopefully the off topic helps someone eles
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My apology Luvbug,

I did answer your question about schools, I hope
you were able,to read it .

All of us are different and handle our children differently .
I,was just sharing what I did.
My very best to you and your family

Hugs,
Elaine

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707563 tn?1626361905
Again, let's keep this to supporting luvbug, and not about testing (free or otherwise).

Emily
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707563 tn?1626361905
Hi everyone -

This has gone way off topic. Let's keep it to supporting luvbug77.

If anyone wants to test, or has friends that want to test, or wants to test kids, they can visit the link child24angel posted, or call your county's health department. Child24angel's link - http://www.hepcchallenge.org/testing_sites.htm

Also, it's not ever a good idea to use blood donations as a way of testing for any disease.

Thanks,

Emily
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The question about where the Free Testing is offered was in response to the "County offers free testing for Hepatitis C".  Reference in this thread says it does.   It isn't offered by Placer County or many other counties, states or
countries.  

"Also, where do they get their health care now"?
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The friends who are concern don't have insurance.  They make to much money but not enough to qualify for county services.   Like someone stated
above they don't have the money to spend on a Hepatitis C test.  Then I have other friends who donate blood all the time, have insurance and are not concerned.  If it were true that you just had to walk into a county clinic and get tested for free......we wouldn't be having this discussion.  Sure free testing
does exist...but it's not available in many places.  This makes it difficult for
limited income to get tested.  

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Your friends may have to do a little of their own research and their own leg work. Sometimes it takes research and a little leg work on the part of the person who wants something to be able to get it. They can start by calling the county health department. The county health department should be able to advise your friends. Also, where do they get their health care now? They could call that facility or person and ask them about free testing. They cannot expect us to do all of their research for them. They can invest a little time and effort into doing it themselves.
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2059648 tn?1439766665
I have friends who live in Roseville and would like to know where the free testing you speak of is.  It's not offered by the county you live in.  
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This point is mute since you have insurance.
I know I've read of free clinics, who will test for HCV , like I implied
check with your county hospital.
The point is Don't donate blood to see if you have HCV.

http://www.healthycal.org/archives/9010
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2059648 tn?1439766665
Where do you get free testing in Roseville ?  
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http://www.hepcchallenge.org/testing_sites.htm
Maybe this might help.
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i'm sorry but here in so. cal. the blood test is not free.  there are a lot of people in my community that can't afford it.  i know for a fact it's only $45 but they are poor people.  a lot of them are migrant workers, working in the flower fields.  everyone deserves a chance to find out if they are infected with this horrible disease.  belle
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yes, he did and he is a top liver transplant doctor here in so. cal.  he told me that the cost holds a lot of people back.  and he told me that hcv is a silent epidemic and he's fearful for the future of many baby boomers!  belle
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  The blood tests have always been covered by my particular insurance,
probably because I work around bodily fluids, and my Union fights for this kind of thing.  I am very thankful of that fact.
   I am thinking that the Abt meds (Aviator Study) that my Hubs took for 12 weeks, which were completely Interferon Free, would work well on a teen, if Tx were needed.
   I was reading that teens have a higher chance of suicidal ideation, from
the Interferon, than adults do. I already have an older child with a severe mood-disorder, who is frequently hospitalized for her depression.
   I am going to hope for the best, and plan for the worst. If one on my younger ones tests positive, then I dont think I would go for a biopsy, right off.  I would try a Fibro-Test, and do we have a Fibro-scan available here in the U.S. yet?
   My 21 yr old was tested by my Family Practice, when she turned 16 yrs old. Perhaps they tested her then, because she was asking about Birth Control, not sure. After reading up on childhood Hep C, I am noticing fibrosis getting more common, the older the minor child is, so I plan on getting my sons tested soon.
   I did notice there are cases of spontaneous clearing, up until 5 yrs of age, when I read the links in the above posts.  I hope when Luvbug has her son tested again, at that age, that he will also be clear.
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A baby is born it is inoculated for A & B,  If there was the same method for C they would to that too but there is not.

There are too many of us on here who know this virus can lay dormant for years in our systems.  Hopefully for children born of this age, there will be a better alternative for them than we had.

The CDC recommended that anyone born between 1945 and 1965 be tested.  

Many people are not aware that at this time, if you had A / B shot it has to be redone every 10 years.

I agree with whoever said that you do not have to tell your small, even pre-teen child what the blood test is for, possibly even a high school unless it is a known fact in your family.  There are many, many of us who have had to deal with the fallout of this testing and results as adults so tread carefully.

I would get my children tested if they were little.  Have talked to all my adult children who all think they are invincible but as they are going down this transplant road with me I think I may even change a few die-hard beer drinkers to tea totalers without even saying a word....

But yes...it's you child, you as a parent do what you feel if right for you and your child.  And as with all siblings, just because one has something does not mean the other does too.  

I could see how some misguided individuals would tell you to go to a blood drive but that is not a good option if there is a member of the immediate family who is infected.  And yes, the blood tests are extremely expensive, even with insurance.  If you have Medicare or Medicaid it will pay some and there are hospitals that will do children's blood work on a sliding scale so you can afford it.  It would be better to find out sooner than later.

And someone had a previous post a few months ago about childbirth and there is a very low possibility of contamination....does anyone have that old post?
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???????
What the heck? is wrong with some of these doctors
GO TO,THE COUNTY, IT'S FREE

Luvbug,
Yes told the schools , they didn't know what HCV was, told all teachers
every year, the same thing . It was my responsibility .
Ally my very best to you
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A doctor is actually suggesting you use blood drives to find out if one has Hep C? I find that down right scary.... Mistakes have happened. WOW
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my doctor said if cost is holding you back, then donate blood.  they'll contact you in a day or two and let you know if you have contaminated blood.  just a thought.  my son did that at his college.  they had a blood drive and he was fine.  belle
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Thanks,I'm glad my question helpd u discovers u need 2 test ur kids, c I wanted 2 have a nother kid but I don,t want mayb give hep 2 them, Only my mom & My oldman my sons father, I worry 2 tell others, my sons auntie is his fab, my old man sis,  she  all ready a acts differemt w a cousin that has it,I know she loves him ,but I dnt waanruii
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  I agree with the other members here, about getting my children tested.   I have been behaving like an Ostrich (head in sand).
   Denial is such a crazy thing. First I used it with my own Hep C, and now, with my childrens' status.  This is an "epiphany" for me, and I hope, for other Hep C Moms that read this.
  It may be one of the reasons why I stayed on here...and posted a pic of myself w/baby, for my Avatar, albeit subconsciously.
  I am definitely going to get my children tested. But I will need the support of my friends on here~
  This subject is a HUGE medical subject, that could save a child's life. What the heck is it doing on the "Social" side, this is not a tea-party :(
   Thank you Luvbug, for posting this question~  I know you wanted to discuss whether or not to tell your childs' school, and I am still going to go with "no", as my personal opinion.
  Anybody who is in the position to help with medical emergencies is also coached in "Universal Precautions".  I  have taken Life-Saving, and our Instructor was very clear to us, about how we shouldn't attempt "mouth to mouth resuscitation" without this piece of equipment, that separates our lips from contact, and I took the course 18 yrs ago, so the precautions could be even more strict.
   I work with severely disabled people, and come into contact with bodily fluids, via cleaning wounds,  etc. I always wear gloves, and I am always very careful with my hands, not to get cuts on them, etc. I have always protected myself,and my clients. Everybody who works inthe health/medical field is or should be very aware of us.  Periodically my company gives a course about cross contamination, and we are also sent stuff in the mail, reminding us about taking precautions.
  I am sure the School Nurse would also be aware of this. Also, if anybody else that isn't a professional were to jump in, to save a childs' life, I am hoping they have also educated them-selves on Universal Precautions~
   If I were to have to apply a tourniquet in order to save a childs' life, and didn't have gloves, I think I would just go ahead, because like I said, I am careful with my hands; because of my job I keep them clean and with no cuts. Mouth to mouth resucc. is different, because blood can be vomited up, and the eyes nose and mouth are more vulnerable to infection.
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