Questions Regarding Hepatitis C

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A: Sometimes hepatitis C or hepatitis C treatment can make you difficulty in eating. This can happen because you do not have an appetite, tentacle you have changed, or nausea. Get tips for improving your eating on the Eating Difficulties Facing.

Q: Why do I feel tired?

A: One of the symptoms of hepatitis C is chronic fatigue. Liver has a responsibility to save energy for the body needs for its functions. If the liver is damaged, you need energy to perform daily activities may not be available. It causes fatigue. For tips on how to deal with fatigue read the section on Dealing with Fatigue.

Q: How come my way so as not to infect my family?

A: Hepatitis C is transmitted through contact with blood contaminated with hepatitis C. To avoid the transmission of Hepatitis C, you must eliminate the possibility of contact with blood. Do not share tools that can carry blood, such as toothbrushes, nail clippers, shaving, scissors and so on. If you are injured or have open wounds, treat and care of the wound using proper plaster immediately. If you are injured by kitchen appliances such as a knife or can opener, treat your wounds and sterilize the tool (by boiling with water) before being used again.

Q: Can I still have intercourse?

A: The possibility of contracting hepatitis C through a small intimate relationship but this can be a source of disease approximately 15% of cases. If you are living with Hepatitis C, it is better to use contraceptives such as condoms or a diaphragm. Remember that oral contraceptives do not keep you from getting the disease from sexual intercourse.

Some treatment of chronic hepatitis C (usually taking such Ribavirin) is very dangerous for the fetus. If you are in active treatment and in intimate relationships, it is important to keep the non-pregnant women (during treatment and 6 months after treatment) using at least two forms of contraceptive devices or drugs are effective.

Q: Can I breastfeed my baby if I am living with Hepatitis C?

A: There is never a disease incidence of Hepatitis C can be transmitted from mother to child through breast milk. However, if you are in the treatment of hepatitis C disease, medications you are taking are not safe in breastfeeding. Ask your doctor whether it is safe to continue breastfeeding while taking the drug.

Q: Do I have to tell me that my teeth doker suffering from Hepatitis C?

A: It was very important to tell your dentist and other medical personnel that you are suffering from Hepatitis C. Your dentist needs to prepare for the prevention of mouth even when running the operation for other routine actions that cause expenditure of blood and other things that can potentially spread the disease Hepatitis C. Likewise, if you do a blood sampling. Inform the laboratory staff (people who take blood samples) that you have hepatitis so that he will take reasonable precautions in order not to hurt with a needle and syringe.

Q: What if I or my partner pregnant within the treatment?

A: If you or your partner become pregnant during treatment, it is important to immediately notify your doctor immediately. Treatment in combination with ribavirin can be very dangerous and even fatal to the fetus. Your doctor will discuss options with you.

Q: Do I have to do other diseases vaccinated if I have hepatitis C?

A: It is highly recommended that people get vaccinated for Hepatitis C Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B. Hepatitis C infection is not meningatkan likely you are infected with hepatitis A and hepatitis B. However, infected with the two diseases at the same time can aggravate hepatitis C infection

Q: Still allow me to hug and kiss my family members if I have hepatitis C?

A: Hepatitis C can not be transmitted through physical contact without involving the blood so it does not matter to hug and kiss your family members.

Q: Can I transmit the disease even though I was in treatment?

A: Not yet known whether treatment can reduce transmission of hepatitis C. However, if the amount of virus in your blood had been undetectable for 6 months after treatment (which means you have a virus rejection response), chances are you transmitting hepatitis C is very low.

Q: What if I do not run a good treatment?

A: Treatment of Hepatitis C can be difficult. Treatment ended less than 1 or 2 years. But clinical experience shows that patients still continue to run the treatment, is a better action in the face of medicine. So it's important to follow your doctor's instructions in the treatment of carefully and not to forget one dosispun. If you have the difficulty in carrying out the treatment tell your doctor.

Q: What questions should I ask my doctor?

A: Hepatitis C is a serious disease. To that end, it is important for you to find and learn everything about the Hepatitis C virus, and didklah yourself about hepatitis C and its treatment. There are several questions you should ask your doctor, such as:

What level I and genotype of virus diseases?
Do I have to do the vaccination Hepatitis A and B?
Should I do a liver biopsy?
Should I run the treatment?
Do I have other conditions that can be a complication in the treatment?
Is the scar in my heart enough to be a liver cancer? If yes, how should I monitor?
Is peginterferon / ribavirin good for me?
What is your recommendation if I was treated with peginterferon with weight-based dose or doses that remain?
How long will my treatment?
How often do I need to control?
What tests should I run? Are these tests need to be repeated? How often?
What side effects? Who can I contact if there are any side effects? Do I need to contact you directly?
What changes should I run every day?
What other medication can and can not I live?