Define hepatitis-c?

well, from an infected persons point of view (although i have had a sustained viral repsonse for 4 years now)....anyway.





hcv-a double stranded rna virus that needs the liver to make its messangers. hcv does not just reside in the liver-it's in the blood.


it affects and infects everything about a human as it can.





hcv is a member of the flaviforadae family (flavi-virus). it is classified along with herpes (all forms) epstein barr virus (ebv), yellow and dengue fevers as well as chicken pox and mono.





if you view hcv like a ball game you would see how it's capable of destroying tissues through overload of virons and toxins.





picture first base as the "liver". the blood and veins are the running lines between the bases (other organs)





hcv sends it's runners (virons) to first base. by the time the first runner has made it home, it sends another runner out, but this time it's viral makeup has slightly changed. by the time the third runner (batch really) is sent out and has made it home you have millions of "quasispecies" running all throughout the ballpark. the body cannot figure out whats what.





this overloads not only the liver, but everything else. the body and it's infection fighting cells get confused. it weakens the immune system. it can do this fast (acute infection) or very very slow-decade or more before a person may notice that they are ill.





hcv has many bi-directional diseases. bascially what this means is that hcv has damaged and overloaded causingi other organs to malfunction and weaken it's ability to do the proper job.





many automatically think that you have hepatitis c, so you must of done drugs and shared untesils. this is not the case. 75% are veterans-hcv was passed along during mass innoculation and it still is happening this way til this very day. others are recipients of blood or blood bi-products, skin grafts. some have gotten hcv through getting their ears peirced, a tatoo, surgery before 1994. many do not know how they got hcv. even mass innoculations in the 70's produced hcv (nona-nonb) in children. (I am one!)


Others blame their infection on drug use, however, what some dont understand is that depression (or other mental illness) is one of the first symptoms (the virus passes the blood brain barrier as well as toxins from a damaged liver) so many turn to drugs....others are born to mothers who have hcv, yet most dont actually have hcv past their 3rd birthday.





hcv makes you feel blah. you might have sore bones (age 12) funky rashes (first one at age 8) hair loss, gastrointestinal issues (age 17) depression, lethargy, brain fog, short term memory problems as well as diabetes type II, nash, heart, lung, kidney disease...many others.





hcv sucks. it ruined a childhood. it ruins lives, even affect those who do not have it.





hcv is cured in up to 80% (yes, they use the c word if you have a sustained viral response after one year post antiviral treatment).





There are about 150 subtypes of hepatitis c. 1a's and 1b's are hardest to treat (might have something to do with the lymphatic system). 2a's and 2b's (i'm a 2b) are easiest to treat. The remainder have a mixed response rate.





HCV corpuscles found in semen, vaginal fluids and other fluids are not transmittable. HCV is not a "true" STD because of this.





HCV is only acquire through blood contamination and exposure. A person can only get HCV if blood of an infected person comes into contact with an open wound.





Do not share razors or toothbrushes with anyone.

Define hepatitis-c?
it was late, i mispelled some words, but glad you got it. if you ever need to talk, heppystephy@yahoo.com


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Reply:go to this site. it has who's at risk, and the symptoms and treatment, and stuff
Reply:Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is found in the blood of persons who have this disease. HCV is spread by contact with the blood of an infected person.
Reply:A viral hepatitis caused by the Hepatitis C-virus, a Flaviviridae-virus. The transmission route is parenteral. A fulminant course is rare but the disease is very often chronic, causing liver cirrhosis and an elevated risk of liver cancer. The disease can easily be avoided by avoiding blood contact with infected people (for example dirty needles). No vaccine is available against Hepatitis C.
Reply:Yes I can define hepatitis C for you all you need to do is go to this website.