Living With Hepatitis B: A Survivor's Guide

by Everson, Gregory T; Weinberg, Hedy

• ISBN13: 9781578260843
• ISBN10: 1578260841
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-14
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press

Summary

Univ. of Colorado, Denver. Consumer text covers the nature of the disease and its effects on the body, how to recognize early warning symptoms, what to do if you get infected, the HBV vaccine, coping with emotional effects, and how to avoid getting infected. Softcover.

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 such prestigious publications as 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	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
What Is Hepatitis B? An Introduction	p. 1
When You Have Hepatitis B: Understanding the Diagnosis: Blood Tests and Biopsies	p. 18
Why Me? What About Them? How You Got Infected and How To Avoid Infecting Others	p. 38
Learning About Your Liver: Your Body's Chemical Factory: Liver Facts and Liver Disease Symptoms	p. 53
Taking Care of Yourself Nutritionally: Guidelines for Healthy Nutrition in Liver Disease	p. 78
Taking Care of Yourself Emotionally: Emotional Challenges of Chronic Illness	p. 99
Taking Care of Yourself Financially: An Overview	p. 118
Treatment for Hepatitis B: Interferon, Lamivudine, and Adefovir	p. 139
Liver Transplants: A Miracle of Modern Medicine	p. 175
Liver Cancer: Are You at Risk?	p. 198
HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and Delta Co-Infection: Triple Trouble	p. 210
Children with Hepatitis B: A Growing Problem	p. 229
Research Trends: Hope for the Future	p. 253
Resources	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 272
Index	p. 291
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