Winning the Hepatitis C Battle : Understanding the Disease and How to Treat It Successfully

by CHALLA SHEKHAR

• ISBN13: 9780974388304
• ISBN10: 0974388300
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Kansas Medical Pub

Summary

Winning the Hepatitis C Battle gives you the information you need to wage a well-fought, intelligent war on hepatitis C. Learn about your liver and the damage it can suffer from hepatitis C. Walk through the treatment process with patients who have conquered the disease. Get the most up-to-date information about hepatitis C. With the enclosed CD-ROM, you can educate your friends and family about hepatitis C. They'll learn how they can be supportive and helpful to their loved ones. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Preface	vii
How to Use This Book and CD-ROM	xvii
Foreword	xxi
Dr. Michael Sorrell
Introduction: Hepatitis C -- The Magnitude	xxv
A Life-Changing Diagnosis	1	(10)
A patient's diagnosis	2	(2)
A patient's treatment	4	(3)
Successful treatment	7	(1)
Keys to success	8	(3)
Where Hepatitis C Strikes -- The Liver	11	(10)
A vital organ	12	(1)
The liver's anatomy	13	(1)
The liver's job	14	(2)
Liver function tests	16	(3)
Sample liver functions tests	19	(2)
What It Is -- Hepatitis C	21	(22)
Risk factors	24	(1)
Hepatitis C incidence	25	(2)
Genotypes	27	(1)
Transmission	28	(2)
Liver biopsy	30	(5)
Hepatitis A B C D and E	35	(8)
Signs, Symptoms, and Complications of Hepatitis C	43	(12)
Signs and symptoms	44	(1)
Rate of progression	45	(1)
Cirrhosis	46	(5)
Liver cancer	51	(4)
What To Do -- Treatment	55	(22)
Treatment decisions	57	(2)
Medications	59	(2)
Treatment side effects	61	(2)
Treatment results	63	(1)
Importance of compliance	64	(2)
Managing side effects	66	(2)
Live easy with side effects	68	(3)
Liver transplants	71	(2)
Track the treatment	73	(1)
A liver transplant story	74	(3)
Herbs and Alternative Medicine	77	(4)
Milk thistle and other herbs	77	(1)
Alternative medicine	78	(1)
Role in treatment	78	(3)
Special Situations	81	(4)
Sexual transmission	82	(1)
Pregnancy and breastfeeding	82	(1)
Tattooing and body piercing	83	(1)
Blood donations	83	(1)
Precautions	83	(2)
Frequently Asked Questions	85	(8)
Telling family and friends	86	(2)
Lack of symptoms	88	(1)
Long-term effects of medicine	89	(1)
No response to treatment -- what next?	89	(4)
Appendix: Recommended Websites	93	(4)
Glossary	97	(12)
Index	109	(20)
Special Thanks	129	(2)
About the Author	131