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This year, I’m celebrating a special anniversary for getting beyond hepatitis C. It’s been 7 years since I received the cure from hepatitis C. For myself, I had hepatitis C...

Post Treatment Blues: What is it and are the feelings justified? Many people are now getting to the good side of hepatitis c... reaching SVR and being "cured". Our email...

There’s a lot of pressure and misunderstanding about mental health. Knowing what to say and do can be tricky. You can be a positive force for friends and loved ones...

Are you afraid of hepatitis C treatment? I was. With so many stories about potential side effects, it’s easy to be afraid of hepatitis C treatment. Your fear may be...

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Karen Hoyt, advocate here on HepatitisC.net, about her experience with hep C and her passion for advocacy for the Health Union podcast...

Getting diagnosed with hepatitis C back in 2005, I didn’t realize the extent of doctor’s visits, testing, prescriptions, and how many times I would be poked with a needle for...

There’s something so vulnerable about being sick. Hepatitis invades our liver and can leave us with some symptoms, side effects, and other awkward problems. Oh my gosh, and when sex...

Meditation has been shown to have multiple benefits on a person’s health, both physical and emotional. Regular meditation can help relieve pain, increase positive emotions, and improve memory and concentration...

Navigating life with a medical condition can be challenging. Adding children and parenting stress into the mix can make it feel like an impossible task at times. No matter where...

Being a parent is a tiring job, and often, life with a medical condition such as hepatitis C comes with fatigue. Both together can be a recipe for complete exhaustion...

Our own space: Not to be confused with outer space or the space between our teeth, but more along the lines of the need to have our own space to...

Are you waiting for test results and have not heard anything?  This can certainly be nail-biting time. For me, I am the most anxious when I have had a liver scan...

Being a kid is rough (emphasis on the UGH). Being a kid with hep C, though, is just weird. When I was diagnosed with HCV at 12, in 1999, I...

Skin symptoms are a common side effect of hepatitis C. To learn more about hep C skin symptoms (which can include dry skin, itching, bumps, rash, redness, purple spots), we...

Hepatitis C patients can sometimes experience joint and muscle pain, which can be a sign of a blood disorder called cryoglobulinemia. Cryoglobulinemia is a blood disorder where abnormal proteins in...

Hepatitis C can cause damage to the liver. However, hepatitis C also affects each person differently, and some of the symptoms can be surprising. As part of Hepatitis Awareness Month...

You need answers when you have numbness, tingling, pain, and aches. If these sensations are in your fingers, hands, toes, or feet, it may be a symptom of peripheral neuropathy. This...

Hepatitis C is known as the silent disease: Often times, the symptoms are not visible until extensive liver damage has occurred. Hepatitis C has risks for older people, particularly persons...

Many community members reach out to us in our Q&A tool to get some of their common questions answered by our experts. Many of our members have a lot of...

Hepatitis C does not discriminate. It does not choose one race over another, nor does it choose on whether more males or females contract it. Hepatitis C is a disease that is...