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.
Hello everyone! I hope and pray all are well, we are about to move back to the states sometime before April 1st, yay!! Been super busy with that but still don;t know where yet (go Army!) Anyway I've been following along just kind of hanging back, Always thinking of you guys!
Now I have a query that hopefully someone can set my mind at ease. For those who don't know me, My name is Kat, I see so many new names and avies. I am 35 never treated type 1b so far no real symptoms, well that I can tell.
My question/concern is 1 week from today I got my first outbreak of hives. They are on my arms and tops of legs, a few on my torso, they are teeny little bumps and dry patches. They came on kind of suddenly I stress kind of. If I scratch they get all red and raised and itch like crazy in the evenings, during the day its ok. I DO have excema and always have since a kid, BUT this is different, Its NOT in the soft part of my arms NOT in the groin, Only the tops of my legs/thighs and mainly tops/front of arms. I keep hearing of itching associated with Hep C/liver diseases, I have to mention I stopped eating sugar and gluten a good many days before this all started, I was on a total sugar binge for the holidays! Im just trying to get all the info I can out there. Sadly I have little faith in the Doctors here, and it seems hives goes undiagnosed 95 % of the time anyway. I feel totally fine, no swelling of the face, and none on my face and neck. And never had any allergic reactions to anything in my life
SHeesh is this awful virus starting to catch up to me in in my latter 30's or what?! Any advice, thought, tips, would be greatly appreciated.
I can't wait to get back to the wonderful USof A find a good doc. and get this $hiz out of my body once and for all, then at least when I get a hive or feel weird or sick, I won't have t worry Is my Liver failing, or is this from the Hep C or do I look jaundice etc....
Now I have a query that hopefully someone can set my mind at ease. For those who don't know me, My name is Kat, I see so many new names and avies. I am 35 never treated type 1b so far no real symptoms, well that I can tell.
My question/concern is 1 week from today I got my first outbreak of hives. They are on my arms and tops of legs, a few on my torso, they are teeny little bumps and dry patches. They came on kind of suddenly I stress kind of. If I scratch they get all red and raised and itch like crazy in the evenings, during the day its ok. I DO have excema and always have since a kid, BUT this is different, Its NOT in the soft part of my arms NOT in the groin, Only the tops of my legs/thighs and mainly tops/front of arms. I keep hearing of itching associated with Hep C/liver diseases, I have to mention I stopped eating sugar and gluten a good many days before this all started, I was on a total sugar binge for the holidays! Im just trying to get all the info I can out there. Sadly I have little faith in the Doctors here, and it seems hives goes undiagnosed 95 % of the time anyway. I feel totally fine, no swelling of the face, and none on my face and neck. And never had any allergic reactions to anything in my life
SHeesh is this awful virus starting to catch up to me in in my latter 30's or what?! Any advice, thought, tips, would be greatly appreciated.
I can't wait to get back to the wonderful USof A find a good doc. and get this $hiz out of my body once and for all, then at least when I get a hive or feel weird or sick, I won't have t worry Is my Liver failing, or is this from the Hep C or do I look jaundice etc....
While I was on treatment I was recked with rash and hive like symptoms. Before treatment no prob and I had hep c for many years. My daughter has suffered with hives all her life. She has the rash and swelling with them. She was able to remove certain things from her diet with some success in reduction with symptoms.
Have you tried staying well hydrated and a good moisturizer to see if it helps with the symptoms. I don't know where you are in the world but if its an aired or cold climate this may just be ultra dry skin. The groin irritation may be your running gear causing the chaffing. I see in your journal you have an active life style. Just tossing up some ideas. I hope you find relief soon.
God Bless you honey,
blanche