Living with Hepatitis C : A Survivor's Guide,9781578261086

Living with Hepatitis C : A Survivor's Guide

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781578261086
ISBN10: 1578261082
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2002-04-01
Publisher(s): Hatherleigh Press
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Summary

Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide is the first book written for the millions of Americans who suffer from this deadly disease. Now completely revised and updated, it offers guidance and answers for those infected by the deadly virus--and for their husbands, wives, families, and friends. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Gregory T. Everson, MD, FACP, one of the country's leading hepatologists, is Professor of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has won numerous awards, including the National Institutes of Health Clinical Investigator Award and the American College of Physicians Teaching and Research Scholarship. He counsels hundreds of hepatitis patients, directs the University of Colorado's Program in Liver Disease, and advises physicians throughout Colorado. Hedy Weinberg is an award-winning writer and essayist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, Senior Edition USA, The Denver Post, Bon Appetit, and New Choices. Diagnosed with hepatitis in 1993, she brings to the reader personal understanding of how patients feel and what they want and need to know

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Foreword Second Edition xiii
John M. Vierling
What Is Hepatitis C?
An Introduction
1(14)
When You Have Hepatitis C
15(16)
Understanding the Diagnosis: Blood Tests and Biopsies
Why Me? What About Them?
31(16)
How You Got Infected and How To Avoid Infecting Others
Learning About Your Liver: Your Body's Chemical Factory
47(23)
Liver Facts and Liver Disease Symptoms
Taking Care of Yourself Nutritionally
70(21)
Guidelines for Healthy Nutrition in Liver Disease
Taking Care of Yourself Emotionally
91(17)
Emotional Challenges of Chronic Illness
Taking Care of Yourself Financially
108(16)
An Overview
Evolution of Treatment for Hepatitis C
124(18)
The Interferon Story and Ribavirin
Pegylated Interferons
142(23)
The Emerging Standard-of-Care
Liver Transplants
165(25)
A Miracle of Modern Medicine
Liver Cancer
190(13)
Are You at Risk?
Co-Infection with HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis B
203(15)
Triple Trouble
Children with Hepatitis C
218(18)
A Growing Problem
Research Trends
236(15)
Hope for the Future
Resources 251(5)
Selected Bibliography 256(25)
Index 281

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