Featured Conditions and Diseases
Chronic hepatitis C is a disease in which there is long-term inflammation of the liver. This eMedTV resource explains several aspects of chronic hepatitis C, including how it is spread, diagnosed, and treated.
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by a virus, which can be spread through contact with infected blood. This eMedTV page describes how hepatitis C is transmitted and discusses treatment options as well as ways to prevent infection.
Featured Medications
Researchers studying colloidal silver and hepatitis C have not found collodial silver to be an effective treatment for hepatitis C. This eMedTV segment explores side effects that may occur if colloidal silver is used for hepatitis C treatment.
Hepatitis C Combination Therapy
When describing peginterferon and ribavirin therapy, the word "compliance" means a person is consistently taking the drugs as prescribed. This eMedTV website explains why good compliance is critical to destroying the hepatitis C virus.
Due to its potential benefit to the liver, milk thistle is sometimes taken by people with hepatitis C. As this eMedTV article explains, scientists are still awaiting clear-cut evidence of its effectiveness. This page discusses milk thistle and hep C.
It's important for Pegasys injections to be given at the same time every week. This eMedTV article offers detailed instructions for giving Pegasys injections, including how to prepare the syringe, inject the peginterferon, and dispose of needles.
Featured Germs
As this eMedTV resource explains, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that travels through a person's blood. The HCV then enters liver cells and uses them to make more of the hepatitis C virus.
