Regaining liver health after Hep C is important to regaining overall good health After Hep C: A Healthy Liver Diet After you have cleared the Hepatitis C virus the next step to repair the damage done by the Hep C to your liver.  Its super important to get your liver function back to normal and a  healthy diet is the first step to healing your liver. Why is a healthy liver important? Chronic Hepatitis C causes damage to the liver and to many other part of our body. Because the liver plays a critical role in metabolizing nutrients and detoxifying the body when it is damaged many othe ..read more

Most people get zero, or very few, side effects from Hep C Treatment Fear of Hep C Treatment Over the years, since 2015, I have talked to many thousands of people who had a chronic Hep C infection. One of the things that causes me to despair is when someone with Hepatitis C refuses to do the treatment because they have a fear of Hep C treatment. They are scared of the possible side effects of the medication, whether it be Epclusa, Harvoni or Mavyret. In 99% of cases this fear is completely unwarranted because in most people Hep C treatment has zero, or very mild, side effects. Below is part ..read more

My Letter to Joe Biden about Hep C treatment in the USA Today I posted a letter to US President Joe Biden about Hepatitis C treatment in the USA. Quite a few people thought it was a bit of a joke or maybe I was grand-standing. Others thought it might be a waste of time…. So why did I write to Joe Biden? The idea to write to the US president rose in my mind a couple of weeks back when a shipment of generic Sovaldi one its way to a young father of three was seized by US Customs and destroyed. US Customs seized and destroyed this young man’s medication without even having the courtesy to contact ..read more

There is no such thing as dormant hepatitis C. The Hep C virus is always active and always causing damage What is Dormant Hepatitis C? One of the phrases that comes up a lot in discussions about Hep C is “dormant Hepatitis C.” Or the idea that Hep C can lay dormant, like a seed in the soil, until something triggers it or wakes it up. So let’s be clear, there is no such thing as dormant Hepatitis C. If you have Hepatitis C its active, its replicating every minute and doing damage. Hepatitis C can either be in the acute phase, which means you caught it within the previous six months, or the c ..read more

How Much Water Should I Drink During Hep C Treatment Here is the thing… there is a lot of mythology about how much water you should drink. In my Hepatitis C Facebook group well meaning people often recommend drinking “tons of water” during Hep C treatment, but this is not a healthy, or safe, suggestion. Drinking too much water can lead to serious illness and even death. When you drink too much water, your kidneys can’t get rid of the excess water. The sodium content of your blood becomes diluted. This is called hyponatremia and it can be life-threatening. Drinking too much water is just ..read more

Many people, doctors and patients, do not realise that Hep C can cause Peripheral Neuropathy Hep C and Peripheral Neuropathy Hepatitis C  is generally thought to be a liver disease and only associated with damage to the liver (in medical terms this is called hepatotropic). However science has discovered that the damage from the Hepatitis C virus actually extends beyond the liver into the entire body. A LOT of doctors still do not know that Hepatitis C can cause peripheral neuropathy or that cryoglobulinemia caused by Hep C can cause lots and lots of severe health problems. Hepatitis C c ..read more

The chances for getting liver cancer are higher for someone who has had hep c than for someone who has never had Hep C. But the chances are much lower for a person who has had Hep C and got rid of it than for someone who still has Hep C… the longer a person has had Hep C the higher the chances of liver cancer. Another way of looking at it is the higher the liver fibrosis levels the higher the chances of HCC. Because fibrosis levels usually drop once the HCV is removed the chances of getting HCC also drop The post Hep C and Liver Cancer appeared first on Hepatitis C Treatment ..read more

Is there a natural cure for Hepatitis C? Beating Hepatitis C Naturally Often people ask if it is possible to beat Hep C naturally. There are actually two answers to this question, one answer is “Yes, your body can fight off Hep C with its own immune system; but only in the ACUTE phase of the Hep C infection.” Once the acute phase of the infection has passed and your Hep C infection has changed to a chronic infection, the answer changes to ” No, your body’s immune system cannot beat the Hep- C virus without the aid of antiviral medication.” Can Your Body  Fight Off Hep C Naturally? About ..read more

A Hep C Survivor Story Almost every day I get an email from someone who I have helped to get Hepatitis C treatment. Sometimes they have just completed treatment and they are sharing the news of their cure with me and sometimes it may have been years ago that we last communicated and something prodded them to write to me with an update on their health. Over the next week or so I will share some of their stories with you. Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion Dear Greg, I have finally received my ‘all clear’ status from my doctor, SVR 12 achieved! My liver enzymes look better than I can ever rem ..read more

Diet and Hepatitis C Treatment Diet and Herbal Supplements Whilst Doing Hep C Treatment The big concern that most people have about their Hep C treatment is the risk of relapse. That is the risk of the treatment failing. Hepatitis C treatments with the new drugs has a very high cure rate but a portion of all people treated do fail. The rate of failed Hep C treatments is between 3% and 5% depending on the genotype and other factors. Hep C treatment failure is not random or unlucky. There are always reasons. One of the most common reasons for the failure of treatment with the new drugs is whe ..read more