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I can't believe that there is not a specific forum topic at this site for Hepatitis C! I hope that they open one soon. It is the most common chronic blood borne virus in the United States today and almost 5 million people have it though 4 million are not even aware that they do. We outnumber HIV patients 5 to 1. You need to be TESTED for Hepatitis C if you: * received a blood transfusion or solid organ transplant before July 1992 * were notified that you received blood from a donor who later tested positive for hepatitis C. * have ever injected illegal drugs, even if you experimented only one time many years ago (or snorted any drugs) * were a recipient of clotting factor(s) made before 1987 * have ever been on long-term kidney dialysis * have had tattoos or body piercings * had sexual activity that involved contact with blood * have had vaccinations administered with pneumatic jet injectors * are a combat veteran * have shared razors, toothbrushes, nail clippers, tweezers, etc. with an infected person * are a health care worker exposed to needle sticks or first responders * have ever been incarcerated * also 5%-10% of babies born to infected mothers will get Hepatitis C Please educate yourselves about this very important topic. There are vaccines for Hepatitis A and B. There is not a vaccine for Hepatitis C. Peace Pam www.HEALSoftheSouth.org |
1 million people are already dealing with this disease and hopefully the other 4 million will find out they have it in 2007 and will be looking for support as well. Should they surf through this site....... there should be a section for them. It is just a thought and again...... our ribbons are red and yellow (for blood and jaundice) and though transplants are also a great issue for us and the green ribbon is an option - not all Hep C patients will ever progress to that stage so they would want a red and yellow ribbon to wear and not a green one. Again, it just all depends on what you are trying to accomplish with your site. I tend to stay with Yahoo Hep C groups because they come in emails and I don't have to come to a website but I do know that WebMD has a Hepatitis section. Actually they have two sections. One for Hepatitis A and B and a separate one for Hepatitis C. Here are a couple of other Hepatitis Groups below my LONG sig 
I will repost the information to this site to all my Yahoo groups. Perhaps that will get a bit of traffic for you but as I mentioned there are ALOT of Hepatitis C groups already out there. I never have figured out why some get going strong and others don't. Anyway, I will resend the info and I hope that lots of people drop by here 
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