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.
Symptoms commonly reported by person with hepatitis c include:
Flu-like illness
Indigestion - gastrointestinal reflux disorder
Irritable Bowel syndrome
Muscle and joint pain
Night sweats
Depression, mood swings
Fatigue - mild to severe
Abdominal bloating
Diarrhea
Headaches
Numbness in extremities
Mental confusion / 'brain fog
Itchy skin
Dizziness & peripheral vision problems
Liver pain
Cognitive dysfunction
Shortness of Breath
Loss of appetite
Visual Changes
Chest Pains
Chills Fever
Facial Puffiness
Female Problems (irregular menses, severe PMS)
Palpitations
Yellowing of the Skin Jaundice
Loss of Libido
Spider Nevi
Swelling of the lymph nodes
courtesy of Janis & Friends
Flu-like illness
Indigestion - gastrointestinal reflux disorder
Irritable Bowel syndrome
Muscle and joint pain
Night sweats
Depression, mood swings
Fatigue - mild to severe
Abdominal bloating
Diarrhea
Headaches
Numbness in extremities
Mental confusion / 'brain fog
Itchy skin
Dizziness & peripheral vision problems
Liver pain
Cognitive dysfunction
Shortness of Breath
Loss of appetite
Visual Changes
Chest Pains
Chills Fever
Facial Puffiness
Female Problems (irregular menses, severe PMS)
Palpitations
Yellowing of the Skin Jaundice
Loss of Libido
Spider Nevi
Swelling of the lymph nodes
courtesy of Janis & Friends
Mckenzie
Bump for new members.........
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Need to add Thyroid conditions too. Its a real good idea to take minerals to support your Thyroid on TX or else you may be stuck on meds the rest of your life. Some of these side effects listing go hand in hand with thyriod meltdown believe it or not. Thank You for sharing McKenzie. I appreciate all your help while I was on TX. Its amazing how under educated they keep HCV patients!! You are our guardian angel!! Love Ya
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THANKS FOR SHARING THIS INFO
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I wish I'd known about the minerals for the thyroid before I did tx, because it did kill my thyroid and I will be on meds for it for the rest of my life...darn it!
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BUMP
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I have alot of those, comes and goes.I also have been diagnosed with epstein barr, I am worried about how the treatment will affect me, but at the same time looking forward to it and hope I can get better.
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very useful posting now I know why My face was hurting and my neck, was the swollen lymph nodes which I never had before, I seem to be getting a lot of symptoms lately, and didnt have any for 20 years
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I could put a check mark beside many of those symptoms even before I was aware I was hep c positive. The symptoms seem to always relate to something else until I kep haveing them and then the HCV test was done. Again it would be nice to see this list posted in medical clinics for awareness. The test is cheap compared to the medical bills if you don't catch it sooner.
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