Hep A cures Hep C????????????????????

[Diane12855]

Did anybody see House last night? I always knew that a lot of the stuff on that show was way off in left field but last night was even more so.. The patient was diagnosed with Hep C. He was told that he could have gotten it sexually, IV drugs or from snorting cocaine... actually I was glad about the mention of the coke since it first looked like they were going to only tell about the sexual and IV transmission. When are these people going to learn that it isn't sexually transmitted? THEN...they gave the guy IV Interferon and after a few hours said it wasn't working...... OH! Also they said you could have Hep C and all tests come back negative. The guy was yellow and they were saying that if they didn't find a cure he would die in a short time. What was the cure? They infected him with Hep A saying that there was an 80% chance of it killing him, but it could kick his immune system into overdrive and it could kill off both of the viruses.

I don't really know my point of posting this... It just amazes me at what they put on TV for people to watch... You just know that many people who see that take it to be correct.

Diane

[FlGuy]

It's television.  

[fretboard]

I wonder who their doctor is who fills them in on diseases.  Must be a pill doctor who don't know didley squat! lol All hospital type shows are supposed to have experts advising them on various procedures and diseases.  Someone on this forum should apply for a job with them! lol

I wish I was a high powered attorney, I would give them a call and tell them off just for practice!!  lol

[frijole]

I saw that show last night.  I thought that was really bizarre when they put IV interferon into the man and waited for the miraculous cure.  How funny was that.  And then the Hep A thing which was based on some kind of trial in Switzerland or somewhere.  I googled but could find nary a thing.

Couldn't figure why they didn't give him a liver biopsy if he was not serum positive.  Shades of occult virus - but never knew the occult could be so deadly.

I truly don't think we will ever be understood.  That goodness for this forum.

frijole

[Bali05]

"it's television"

and it`s for ENTERTAINMENT !!!!!

[nygirl7]

HA snark I saw the one where he was jonsing too isn't that the one where he thought he was having an affair with Cuddy or was that antoher one ( actually I think it was more than one episode but I kind of had given up by the end of that season when they locked him in the nuthatch (where he always should have been). Whichever episode I bet their first diagnosis guess was Lupus that damn lupus they think everyone has it.

Start that IV Interferon STAT!

[Bill1028]

Maybe House was treating Natalie Cole.