Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide, Third Revised Edition - Softcover

Everson MD FACP, Gregory T; Weinberg, Hedy; Everson, Gregory T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578261082 ISBN 13: 9781578261086

Publisher: Hatherleigh Press, 2002

Synopsis

Includes a new chapter on long-acting pegylated interferons—the cutting-edge discovery that is sure to be the next generation of treatment. Since its original publication in 1998, Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide has become the resource for hundreds of thousands of American afflicted with the deadly virus—and for their husbands, wives, families and friends. Unlike other books on the topic, Living with Hepatitis C is written by a nationally recognized hepatitis C expert and his patient. So readers everywhere receive the advice and expertise on one of the country's top hepatologists while gaining invaluable insight and guidance from a patient who has been through it all. This newly revised edition reviews the results of the latest clinical trials of long-acting, pegylated interferons in a new chapter. It updates all of the organizations, resources, and information that has changed since the last edition. It offers special chapters on research trends, liver transplants (including living-donor transplants), children, co-infection with HIV/AIDS or hepatitis B, as well as chapters devoted to the nutritional, emotional, and financial challenges that accompany infection with hepatitis C.

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Review

A total of 3.9 million people in the United States and more than 170 million worldwide are estimated to have hepatitis C, a viral infection that causes inflammation, injury, and ultimately scarring of the liver. Each year, 8,000 to 10,000 Americans die from liver failure due to hepatitis C--the rest live with it. Living with Hepatitis C presents the facts simply and positively, and removes the misconceptions. For example, this type of hepatitis is not sexually transmitted--if you have hepatitis C, your partner is in no danger from having sex with you, but might get infected by using your razor. You'll learn how infection takes place (blood to blood), how to keep your loved ones safe, how your liver works when it's well, 10 danger signs of liver disease, nutrition guidelines, emotional challenges, financial issues, treatment options, and research trends.

Gregory Everson, Director of Hepatology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, explains hepatitis C with clarity, optimism, and compassion--and without the "docspeak" common in many health books. Coauthor Hedy Weinberg and other people with hepatitis C tell about their experiences frankly, bringing a personal flavor to this helpful and informative book. --Joan Price

About the Author

Gregory T. Everson, M.D., F.A.C.P., a nationally recognized expert on the treatment of hepatitis C, is Professor of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Hedy Weinberg is an award-winning writer and essayist. Diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1993, she brings to the reader personal understanding of how patients feel and what they want and need to know.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1578261082
• ISBN 13: 9781578261086
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 274