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A lamentation - 11/3/2004 1:20:43 PM

dixiedumpling

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I have a friend who is the slave part of a Master/slave marriage. She has been feeling unwell for months and has been to the doctor, had several tests and a liver biopsy. The diagnosis is hepatitus C. I've just gotten through with reading about this disease and treatment on the net, and I'm scared for her. Hepatitus C is the number one cause of liver transplants in the USA. If she opts for the Interferon treatment, this is what she can expect: flu-like syndromes, gastrointestinal complaints, fatigue, pain, increased susceptibility to infection, thyroid disfunction, psychiatric side effects with alfa-interferon. Hepatitus C is only passed blood to blood. She can only think of two people who have made her bleed: her dentist and her manicurist. Is this a scary world or what?

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RE: A lamentation - 11/3/2004 1:35:00 PM

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She can only think of two people who have made her bleed: her dentist and her manicurist. Is this a scary world or what?

Dixie,
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Thanks for the education on hep c. I don't know about where you live but here where I do I am afraid of going to the manicurist myself. Most don't speak english so it is very hard to verbalize what you really want. They just sort of do their thing. Most are not hygenic at all.
You'd think a dentist would be a bit more hygenic. Then again, who knows.

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RE: A lamentation - 11/3/2004 3:25:58 PM

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I am SO sorry.

There are some other possible infection routes. Pulled off the of the site hepnet.com:

"Transmission Rates: Canada

Recent studies suggest that the route of transmission can be determined in 90% of patients.

Route: % of patients

- blood or blood products (prior to 1990) 27%
- intravenous drug use 43 - 58%
- intra-nasal cocaine 4 - 10%
- sexual promiscuity 17%
- ear/body piercing, tattoos 1 - 5%
- unknown 10%
(Routes of infection are not exclusive)"

Just something to consider, before too many manicurists end up in shallow, unmarked graves.

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RE: A lamentation - 11/3/2004 6:18:11 PM

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I am so sorry to learn about your friend. On a positive note, I have had two very close friends who also have Hep C, each for over a decade and neither is even close to needing a transplant. Both have taken interferon and have done beautifully. They take excellent care of themselves, educate themselves and have sought out great medical care. Don't give up hope.

As to the manicurist discussion-- I am a nail technician. If a nail tech follows sanitation procedures as required by every state, the likelihood of disease transmission is very small. Although the discount salons seem like a bargain, is a dirty implement worth the risk? Before you sit in a salon chair, ask about sanitiation, disinfection, etc. Ask to see the technician's license and look at the salon's yearly inspection. You can also take your own implements to the salon. I take my own implements to my nail tech (and I went to school with her, so I know she is doing things correctly).

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