Hep down to your Doctor’s Surgery right away!
It may seem easy to ignore the symptoms of Hepatitis, but if you’re worried that you might have contracted it, then it’s essential to get your butt down to the Doctors for a simple blood test. If you do find that you have contracted Hepatitis then don’t freak out, there’s an amalgam of treatments and even proven cures out there to help you.
Approximately 99% of Hepatitis C sufferers made a full recovery when given pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatments. This is a relatively new discovery, made in 2007 and targets one of the two most common strains, HCV. Other likely treatments include long courses of antibiotics, ‘Interferon’ injections and liver transplants, should the symptoms get nasty.
Whether you’re dealing with Hepatitis yourself, know someone who has it or are simply interested in raising awareness then you could be helping out the World Hepatitis Alliance a great deal. Ask your friends to join you and millions of others in signing the ‘Am I Number 12?’ campaign at www.aminumber12.org, which refers to the harsh fact that one in twelve people have contracted the virus.