Jenelle Marie Pierce

As the weather chills, it is easy for a person to begin to feel less active and to want to spend more time indoors. For someone with hepatitis C, weather...

In some ways, your hepatitis C diagnosis, like any other medical condition, is no one else’s business. However, hepatitis C may be a factor in your life that impacts your...

The main form of transmission for hepatitis C is IV drug use. Males are statistically more likely to begin to self-medicate and to use higher doses. This is impactful when...

Although there are rare cases in which a person can become exposed to hepatitis C during sexual intercourse, the most common transmission methods have nothing to do with sex. In...

If you currently have hepatitis C, you are not permitted to donate blood. This is because the hepatitis C virus is transmitted through blood and anyone who would receive your...

Some people prefer to keep their medical decisions private, while others prefer to share information with many. When it comes to the treatment for hepatitis C, there are often no...

When a person is called “immunosuppressed,” it means that some or all of the person’s immune system is not working at all or it is not working as well as...

Disability is short for disability insurance, a program in the United States that every working citizen pays into with each paycheck. This insurance is intended to cover basic living costs...

This article presents an overview of what the liver does and how hepatitis C can impact its function. Read on to learn about how dietary changes, including a switch to...

Ascites is the accumulation of fluid within the abdominal or peritoneal cavity. The fluid is typically serous fluid, which looks clear or very pale yellow. Ascites can exist in only...

There is actually no clear definitions of each that are standard across all researchers and medical personnel. This can be very confusing for some, so it is recommended that anyone...

Occult hepatitis C virus infections (OCI) exist when there is a presence of the hepatitis C (HCV) RNA found in liver and in blood cells at the same time that...

Drug approval for medications to treat or cure hepatitis C are the same as for any other medications; years or sometimes decades and millions of dollars are spent by pharmaceutical...

In this article, a community advocate discusses transmission risks for a mother to pass hepatitis C onto their child while pregnant, and precautions expecting parents can take to reduce virus...

World Hepatitis Day is a day set aside in which the entire world collectively acknowledges all forms and strains of hepatitis. This was not always the case. In 2004, international...

In many cases, a person does not know they have reason to be tested for hepatitis C until they begin to show symptoms that are severe enough that they discuss...

Why does my body suddenly need special vitamins or supplements for hepatitis C? When a person becomes infected with the virus, there is often no immediate knowledge that this has...

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is the infection of fluid that builds up within the abdominal cavity. The infection occurs in the peritoneum. The peritoneum is the membrane that lines the abdomen...

After a hepatitis C diagnosis, your doctor will likely provide you with a secondary test. The first test checked for exposure to the virus, the second test will check to...

Throughout the hepatitis C treatment process, everyone looks forward to the same thing: the end of the need for treatment. But, after all of this, some are left wondering, “Now...