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Have you thought about getting tested for hep C? You may be wondering if you should seek out testing based on guidelines. Have you been tested, perhaps years ago, but...

Sometimes all it takes is sharing openly. A few weeks ago, I went out for dinner with a newer friend of mine, and we started to chat about our past...

With a hep C diagnosis, we all have questions, and this is normal, or at least common, depending on our views of what normal is. I had questions, and as...

What do SARS COVID-19, RSV, and HCV all have in common? On the surface, apart from all of them being viruses, it would appear there isn’t much. However, one interesting...

I didn’t plan on telling my messy hep C story to anyone. There were a lot of reasons that it ended up coming out. Most of it had to do...

Is your pain part of your hep C, or do you suspect/know it is? Did you have pain that went away once you were treated successfully, or has it persisted...

What can we do? Who are we? We can eliminate hep C on a personal level and, more broadly, as a global effort to reach the World Health Organization's goal...

Denial is a wonderful tool. It’s when our mind is so blown away by a diagnosis that it can’t really accept it. I had deep denial about my liver disease...

Food not only nourishes and fuels the body, but food can help or harm your liver. Being proactive in eating liver-healthy foods is just as important as knowing what to...

I love my freedom. Being told I couldn't break the chains of hep C was like having my hands handcuffed behind my back. After learning I had hep C, it...

One of the best gifts we can give, as a friend or as a perfect stranger, is to listen. To listen without bias or judgment, with compassion and empathy, is...

How much do you know about having hepatitis C? If you are like I was in the beginning, you know zero. When my doctor told me the news about having...

Hepatitis C can do weird things to your skin. It’s one of those things that you wouldn’t even know about until you have to know about it. Usually, because you...

Life is full of choices and decisions we make or don’t make. Not everything is as simple as a choice depending on how we handle these things. Some choices are...

Taking lactulose can be a very difficult thing after some time for those who were prescribed this. This medication is used to help those with hepatic encephalopathy (brain fog) by clearing...

Vitamin D is a fundamental part of healthy human body function. We need it to survive. It is a versatile vitamin that is unique in the variety of ways we...

Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...

The struggle with chronic fatigue that most hepatitis C patients experience is unlike much else. It can feel as though your entire body is shutting down from exhaustion, impacting your...

In my work as a peer navigator, I am frequently asked about the side effects of treatment for hep C. It is not something anyone can answer with absolute certainty...

A healthy diet is so important for anyone, but it is very important for one fighting hep C or anyone struggling with liver health issues. Our overall health as liver...