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If you have the hepatitis C virus, it is important to know what vitamins are safe. Eating enough healthy foods to nourish your body is not always easy. That’s why...

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...

Once the belly swells out and you look like you’re pregnant, you have probably figured out that it’s ascites. I remember the first time my whole tummy felt jiggly with ascites–it...

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 blog is for those of us who carry emotional weight or feel like a burden when they’re sick with hepatitis C. Let me start off by saying that my family...

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...

There are times when you just don’t feel like doing something. It may be something important or something small. When you’re not in the mood, it feels like a burden...

So you've come here to learn about the hepatitis C virus. I'll bet you've found that this can lead to that, and if you take this, then something else will...

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...

We need good foods to help us when we have hepatitis C. The virus attacks our liver, so it makes sense to eat the right foods. We can focus on...

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...

As if having the hepatitis C virus was not enough, you may also need to watch for risk of heart damage. We know that the virus can lead to advanced...

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...

When you’ve been sick with the hepatitis C virus for years, it can affect how you think about your body. I know that once I found out that the 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...

Has the hepatitis C treatment left you breathless? I’m not talking about the breathless rush you get when your crush walks by. I’m talking about the kind that makes your...

Milk thistle is a purple flower that is in the sunflower family. It gets anywhere from 2 to 6 feet tall in Oklahoma. Easy to spot, it reseeds easily and...