
Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
Since kidneys have cysts & it might be related to HEPC, you need to check to see if those blood results are elevated.
When the first doc I saw was checking me, he palpitated the area around my liver and I yelped & almost jumped off the examining table because of the pain.
The doc thought maybe I had gallstones again, as he said gallstones can grow in the bile ducts even after gallbladder removal. My gallbladder was removed in 1974.
The clinic then sent me to have an ultrasound of my abdomen. They found cysts on my kidneys and that my kidneys are either normally too small or had shrunk.
I saw a urologist and a nephrologist and those docs thought that my kidneys had some problems but not enough to cause the symptoms I was experiencing.
Then the doc tested me for HEPC.
I think the pain I felt in that examination is probably from liver damage due to HEPC. It still hurts if I poke there.
now i'm wondering if it was from the meds....
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