Lots of unanswered questions

[RedMan77]

Hi, I was just recently diagnosed with Hepatits after exhibiting sympoms such as yellow jondis.  the doctor didn't tell me what strand I have nor did he bother to answer any questions or address any concerns that I may have had.  How long does it take before you start to get sick?  What is going to happen when I go to see the GI specialist?  what kind of future am I looking at?  How did I get it?  How can I keep from making any one else sick?  Lot of questions and as of yet no really clear answers.  I have looked all over the internet and still have questions.  I thought maybe some one here could help.  thanks.

[RedMan77]

Thank you so much.  I have been really confused and scared over all of this.  every little bit of info helps.

[copyman]

Below is a list of HCV websites that will answer all your questions plus some. This list was posted here awhile back. Everything you always wanted to know about HCV but was afraid to ask ;-)

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/email.asp

http://www.bnatural.com/hepatitis-family/faq.htm

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6315

https://www.aasld.org/eweb/docs/hepatitisc.pdf

http://www.hepcnet.net/relatedlinks.html

http://www.hepcnet.net/

http://www.liverfoundation.org/db/pressrelease/76

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hepc_ez/hepC.pdf

http://www.hepfi.org/

http://www.liverfoundation.org/news.shtml

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hepc_ez/index.htm

http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997HepatitisC105html.htm

http://janis7hepc.com/Symptoms.htm

http://www.liverdoctor.com/help/faq/category.asp?id=60

http://janis7hepc.com/Nutrition/hepatitis_c_diet.htm

http://www.herbalprovider.com/liver-enzymes.html?src=ggl&w=liver-enzymes

http://liverdisease.com/liverspecialist_hepatitis.html

http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/faq.htm

http://www.hepatitisc.org.au/hepcouncil/member.html

http://www.liverdoctor.com/Section4/hepatitis.asp

http://www.medicinenet.com/cirrhosis/article.htm

http://www.tkhsurgery.com/

http://www.medicinenet.com/hepatitis_c/page3.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/interferon/article.htm

http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/hw144584/hw144586;_ylt=AuJg4RdBmvP_4Bj13s0Ixmtx2LsF

http://www.overcome-diabetes.com/home-remedy/jaundice.htm

http://www.diabetopaedia.com/diet-jaundice.asp

http://www.diethealthclub.com/health-issues-and-diet/jaundice/diet.html

http://www.labtestsonline.org/

www.medicinenet.com

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/Rashes.pdf

http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/vahep?page=diag-tests-03-02&css=2

http://www.questcentralab.com/locations.html

http://www.labtestsonline.org/

http://www.gfmer.ch/Guidelines/Hepatitis/Hepatitis_mt.htm

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/chronichepc/index.htm

http://www.hepccenter.org/relatedlinks.php

http://www.hcvanonymous.com/SMF/index.php?

http://home3.inet.tele.dk/omni/alttest.htm#ag

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/hep_c/news/2005/ad/062405_a.html

http://www.janis7hepc.com/hepatitis_c_research1.htm


http://janis7hepc.com/labs1.htm

http://hcv.lanl.gov/content/hcv-db/classification/genotable.html

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/epoetin%20alfa.html

http://www.eprex.com/faqdisplay.jhtml?itemname=onc_dosage&s=0&_requestid=1454195

http://www.hepcuk.info/data/usercontentroot/home/treatments/Side%20Effects.asp

http://emc.medicines.org.uk/emc/assets/c/html/displaydoc.asp?documentid=889

http://home.intekom.com/pharm/janssen/eprex.html

http://www.haltctrial.org/cirrhosis.html

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/healthy_Living.pdf

http://www.pegassist.com/reg/using/started/taking.asp#

http://www.hepcprimer.com/biopsy/biop-info.html

http://www.hcvets.com/data/hcv_liver/liver_biopsy.htm

http://hepcaustralia.com.au/forums/profile.php?mode=register&sid=39bbc1a54071748b265efd298d526d25

http://www.vrtx.com/clinicaltrials.html

http://www2.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100004433.html

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/#fig

http://www.nu-liver.com/hepatitis-c-virus.htm

http://www.hepatitiswa.com.au/living%20well.html

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/anesthesiology/ATPCenter/physicians/compendium_drugs.cfm

[Forseegood]

Hi, many of us were where you are now...everyone is different in the way this disease plays out...If I were you, and this is what I did when I was first diagnosed, is go to

http://janis7hepc.com/Symptoms.htm

there are reams and reams of information there, to answer most of your questions...and you can just start reading here, you could go to the archives and punch in topics of interest, and read the entire thread...but of course, first order of business is to find out exactly where you are at...ignorance is the real killer here, I've seen over and over people who are convinced they have this and are going to die shortly (this rarely, rarely happens) only to find out later when they are completely tested out, that they just have hep A and it goes away for good after treatment, or they don't even have this, just some other minor disease...find out what you can on your own, an educated patient is almost always better off...

and get to a GI or hepatologist and get tested out, docs of other specialties don't always know anything about this disease, but they have such huge egos they don't want to admit, and tell patients misinformation, seen that a million times...

try not to jump to conclusions till all your answers are in...(I know, hard thing to do) and if you do read some horror stories, try not to project them on to yourself, that might be this person's journey, BUT NOT YOURS...please know that if you do have hep c, the vast majority of people who have it do not die from it....you have options, there are many people who have this who have taken care of it, and they are off onto their lives, disease free...so never give up hope and try to stay calm and do some fact finding on your own, first and foremost, best of luck...