A total of 3.9 million people in the United States and more than 170 million worldwide are estimated to have hepatitis C, a viral infection that causes inflammation, injury, and ultimately scarring of the liver. Each year, 8,000 to 10,000 Americans die from liver failure due to hepatitis C--the rest live with it. Living with Hepatitis C presents the facts simply and positively, and removes the misconceptions. For example, this type of hepatitis is not sexually transmitted--if you have hepatitis C, your partner is in no danger from having sex with you, but might get infected by using your razor. You'll learn how infection takes place (blood to blood), how to keep your loved ones safe, how your liver works when it's well, 10 danger signs of liver disease, nutrition guidelines, emotional challenges, financial issues, treatment options, and research trends.

Gregory Everson, Director of Hepatology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, explains hepatitis C with clarity, optimism, and compassion--and without the "docspeak" common in many health books. Coauthor Hedy Weinberg and other people with hepatitis C tell about their experiences frankly, bringing a personal flavor to this helpful and informative book. --Joan Price


From Library Journal
This comprehensive guide to hepatitis C (there are types A through G) informs us that almost four million Americans (including country singer Naomi Judd) carry this little-known disease, that its prevalence exceeds HIV and Parkinson's disease, that the Centers for Disease Control see it as a virulent, silent disease with no known cure, and that it is usually fatal. Everson, a leading hepatologist and expert in the treatment of this illness, and Weinberg, a writer who contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion and who is Everson's patient, explain the disease in everyday language and take the patient step-by-step through the entire process of diagnosis and ongoing care, including liver transplants and financial ramifications, coping, and research trends. An extremely useful title on a subject that deserves greater coverage; recommended for all consumer health collections. [A portion of the book's profits will be donated to the Kern Research Foundation, to be used exclusively for research into a cure.?Ed.]?James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New Yor.-?James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New YorkCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Naomi Judd
I was desperate for information...and so relieved to discover this succinctly written book explaining my condition in plain language.


Practical Gastroenterology
[A] valuable book for the gastroenterologist, both to read and to recommend to patients.


National Hemphilia Foundation Community Alert
There may be no other book like this factual, comprehensive, and up-to-date volume...


Naomi Judd
I was desperate for information about hepatitis C and so relieved to discover this succinctly written book explaining my condition in plain language. Thank you on behalf of all of us.


Book Description
Includes a new chapter on long-acting pegylated interferons—the cutting-edge discovery that is sure to be the next generation of treatment. Since its original publication in 1998, Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide has become the resource for hundreds of thousands of American afflicted with the deadly virus—and for their husbands, wives, families and friends. Unlike other books on the topic, Living with Hepatitis C is written by a nationally recognized hepatitis C expert and his patient. So readers everywhere receive the advice and expertise on one of the country's top hepatologists while gaining invaluable insight and guidance from a patient who has been through it all. This newly revised edition reviews the results of the latest clinical trials of long-acting, pegylated interferons in a new chapter. It updates all of the organizations, resources, and information that has changed since the last edition. It offers special chapters on research trends, liver transplants (including living-donor transplants), children, co-infection with HIV/AIDS or hepatitis B, as well as chapters devoted to the nutritional, emotional, and financial challenges that accompany infection with hepatitis C.


Book Info
Univ. of Colorado, Denver. Consumer text explains the nature of the disease and how it affects the body, pegylated interferons, how to understand blood tests and biopsies, how to avoid infecting others, what to expect if you need a liver transplant, how to deal with emotions and grief, and more. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover.


About the Author
Gregory T. Everson, M.D., F.A.C.P., a nationally recognized expert on the treatment of hepatitis C, is Professor of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Hedy Weinberg is an award-winning writer and essayist. Diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1993, she brings to the reader personal understanding of how patients feel and what they want and need to know.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Includes a new chapter on long-acting pegylated interferons—the cutting-edge discovery that is sure to be the next generation of treatment. Since its original publication in 1998, Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide has become the resource for hundreds of thousands of American afflicted with the deadly virus—and for their husbands, wives, families and friends. Unlike other books on the topic, Living with Hepatitis C is written by a nationally recognized hepatitis C expert and his patient. So readers everywhere receive the advice and expertise on one of the country's top hepatologists while gaining invaluable insight and guidance from a patient who has been through it all. This newly revised edition reviews the results of the latest clinical trials of long-acting, pegylated interferons in a new chapter. It updates all of the organizations, resources, and information that has changed since the last edition. It offers special chapters on research trends, liver transplants (including living-donor transplants), children, co-infection with HIV/AIDS or hepatitis B, as well as chapters devoted to the nutritional, emotional, and financial challenges that accompany infection with hepatitis C.

Author Biography: Gregory T. Everson, M.D., F.A.C.P., a nationally recognized expert on the treatment of hepatitis C, is Professor of Medicine and Director of Hepatology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Hedy Weinberg is an award-winning writer and essayist. Diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1993, she brings to the reader personal understanding of how patients feel and what they want and need to know.

FROM THE CRITICS

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