Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
May 20, 2024, 10:33:01 am

Login with username, password and session length


Members
  • Total Members: 6309
  • Latest: Vicki
Stats
  • Total Posts: 55126
  • Total Topics: 4851
  • Online Today: 87
  • Online Ever: 1314
  • (June 22, 2016, 05:23:42 am)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 72
Total: 72

Welcome

Welcome to the Hep Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people who have Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis B, C or a co-infection, their friends and family and others with questions about hepatitis and liver health. Check in frequently to read what others have to say, post your comments, and hopefully learn more about how you can reach your own health goals.

Privacy Warning: Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.
  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.
  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.
  • Product advertisement (including links); banners; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from the Hep Forum Moderators.
Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Author Topic: Very Few Patients With HCV Make it to Treatment  (Read 7156 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Hep Editors

  • Member
  • Posts: 784
    • Hep Mag
Very Few Patients With HCV Make it to Treatment
« on: January 06, 2015, 12:02:30 pm »
The U.S. health care system is apparently failing to keep people diagnosed with hepatitis C in medical care, or to ultimately treat them for the virus.

A recent study in Philadelphia found that just 27 percent of the hep C-positive population made it into medical care and only 15 percent ended up getting treatment. So, why are so many people falling out of the system?

Read more: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/care_continuum_failures_2501_26668.shtml

Offline petra

  • Member
  • Posts: 47
Re: Very Few Patients With HCV Make it to Treatment
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2015, 04:23:03 pm »
Probably part of the reason is that most people with hep c would rather not deal with what I would rather not deal with... the attitude that society has towards victims of Hepatitis C... most would not consider us victims.
The irony is that relatively modern medical practice has been the biggest facilitator in spreading the disease.
User Name: petra
Gender: female
Height: 5' 7" Weight: 118
Diagnosed: June 2014
Infected: unsure of when
geno type: 2
Biopsy Score:no fibro scan or biopsy
Pre treatment: 3.5 million vl, other blood work normal
TX start date: October 17, 2014
Treatment Protocol: 12 weeks of 400mg of Sovaldi and 800 mg of Ribavirin per day
Side Effects: fatigue, itchiness.

Viral load:
3.5 million at start of treatment
18 at 4 weeks
undetected at 6, 8, and 12 weeks.
SVR at 12 weeks after treatment

 


© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.