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.

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Hello Everyone! Thank you all for such great information! I have posted my story before and just want to see if anyone out there has had the treatment (my girlfriend and I call it the 'cure' for future reference, staying positive) for HEP C and is under the age of 30. I heard the younger you are the less effects are possible. My girlfriend has HEP C and I don't, although I will get tested again just in case and have been vaccinated when I was 12 for the others. She just turned 24 and will start the 'cure' early december. I am just hoping for some good news that the sides will not be that bad....wishful thinking? Thanks again to everyone!
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deleted_user
Hope everything goes well for you and your girlfriend! Stay strong!
Carlee
JustBlue
JustBlue
The odds of clearing the virus increase for the younger the person, so she should do very well.
As for the sides, it's really hard to say for sure but I would say that a younger person should be in a better health - as in no issues like arthritis or "older person" health issues - and so any sides would not seem as severe.

Just think of some young girl having the flu or feeling under the weather and then think of her grandmother having the flu or feeling under the weather. The young are tougher, and bounce back better.

Tell her good luck on tx.
Mckenzie
Mckenzie
Both my hubby and I did tx, we were both type 1a, so we did 48 weeks of treatment.
My hubby has been cleared for over 5 years now, and I have been cleared since over 3, so there is hope with these meds.
My hubby was 37, and I was 44.
The best of luck to her on her journey.
Mckenzie
one day at the time
pepy
pepy
i'd like to wish your gf the best of luck with her tx, but must add that she's lucky to have such support as you, cos support is exactly what she will need to help her through this. i havent done tx yet, but i know that good positive support goes a long way toward a good result. hang in there the two of you and good luck:)
ps. keep us posted as to how she is doing.
skeeter337
skeeter337
Hi, gioino. Good luck to your girlfriend and to you. Don't be afraid; sometimes it's a lot for people, for others it's not so bad. She won't know until she tries. That's a good point about 'old people' conditions - arthritis, etc. Tx can aggravate every condition in your body, so it's good that she's starting young. You should keep getting tested--I do!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Plus, she's a chick... also a positive...girls have a better chance to clear, so i've heard and like to believe:)
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