Cirrhosis Support Group

There is a current discussion going on that the government and the CDC are recommending that all baby boomers get a hep c test. You can google for details. This is a good thing for them to do. Besides the blood transfusions being contaminated with aids, it also was contaminated with the hep c virus. Of course there is always the the risk that during the hippie period many people tried iv drugs. Regardless spread the word.

Hey TZU, how are your doing? Funny you should post this my Mother told me about this just yesterday and was asking if my kids got tested. Her words were "you know it causes cirrhosis like you got" I tried to explain I got Cirrhosis from autoimmune disease but she did not get it. Like so many others no one who does not have it seems to get it. I am in full favor of those T-shirts and bumper stickers maybe people would get it and get tested too. Good Post. Cheryl

Hi Ladies!

I agree with testing for Hep C. So many way one can get it. I was regularly tested as working with inmates puts one at risk.....many inmates have Hep C from IV drugs, unsafe sex, unsafe tattoo practices, and they can pass it to staff easily if we are in contact with body fluids. (They like to bite and throw urine). I think as Bonnie said, so many have been potentially at risk....

I knew a man who contracted Hep C in WWII and subsequently died from cirrhosis prior to transplants being available. Never knew he had it until he ended up in an emergency room, that is what they traced it back too. Exposure during his service years.