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.
Hepatitis C (HCV)
#1 -- Iron and hepatitis C
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1027241&blobtype=pdf
#2 -- Iron regulates hepatitis C virus translation via stimulation of expression of translation initiation factor 3.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/422261
#3 -- Liver iron concentration and distribution in chronic hepatitis C before and after interferon treatment.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1027238
THese are medical articles and very hard to understand entirely, thank God for Wikipedia, I was able to get some knowledge from them.
High iron load generally predicts a low IFN response. However, after treatment, whether successful or not, iron stores diminish.
Also, it was suggested that a person lower iron through phlebotomy (blood letting) before treatment for a high chance of success.
I'm not suggesting that a person should strive to be anemic. I'm saying that I believe that since it has been shown that the virus uses iron among other things to replicate, that being low in iron might be beneficial.
#1 -- Iron and hepatitis C
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1027241&blobtype=pdf
#2 -- Iron regulates hepatitis C virus translation via stimulation of expression of translation initiation factor 3.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/422261
#3 -- Liver iron concentration and distribution in chronic hepatitis C before and after interferon treatment.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1027238
THese are medical articles and very hard to understand entirely, thank God for Wikipedia, I was able to get some knowledge from them.
High iron load generally predicts a low IFN response. However, after treatment, whether successful or not, iron stores diminish.
Also, it was suggested that a person lower iron through phlebotomy (blood letting) before treatment for a high chance of success.
I'm not suggesting that a person should strive to be anemic. I'm saying that I believe that since it has been shown that the virus uses iron among other things to replicate, that being low in iron might be beneficial.
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
Folks Iron is as bad for HCV as alcohol in my opinion. I know alcohol is worse, but what I'm saying is too much Iron is very bad. I have read countless articles on it, and I'm sure most have too.
We have to watch out because we find iron in many places. I know for the longest time I didn't notice how much some things like cereals have. Watch out for things some cereals, oats, grains, breads, and things like that.....a lot are fortified with a ton of iron!
And also a lot of multi- vitamins are loaded with iron! And of course things like red meat, especially when served rare and med rare.
Now that we have HCv we have to start reading labels. And iron is just one of many things to look out for!
My Granny used to cook everything in an iron skillet!
In the first article up there, it was reported that when exposed to iron, the viral load would go up 10 times, that's a log. Like going from Log 6 to log 7.
Makes me glad I don't eat red meat! I do eat a lot of salad though, but it doesn't seem to bother me.
What I do to minimize iron uptake from food is this: With food I take calcium, Vitamin E and green tea, all of which suppress iron uptake. Vitamin C tends to increse iron uptake, so I take my C on an empty stomach away from food and digestion of food.
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Oatmeal can lower LDL or the so called bad cholestrol.
thanks for the post, makiah.
hugs, q