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All baby boomers should be tested for Hep C.

Flipping through the channels late last night, I saw a commercial that talked about how the CDC is recommending everyone born between '45-'65 be tested for Hep C.  They do not know why that generation...

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Is it only American-born baby boomers? Possibly a stupid question but my parents are immigrants. I'll share this either way, but yeah.

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I don't know if it's just boomers. I was at the docs this past week and she said that there's the suggestion that everyone get tested for hep c at least every decade. I didn't ask questions, I just...

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Risk is highest for baby boomers because that's the age group most likely to be using IV drugs or receiving tainted blood infusions during the 70s and early 80s when the disease was rapidly spreading.

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According to the CDC website, they don't know how or why the baby boomer generation is seeing high numbers of Hep C. I would think if it was because of drugs and blood transfusions, they would say...

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They didn't used to test blood the way they do now. My mom got it from a transfusion she received during a surgical procedure. With the new drugs they have out now, it is a cure for it. My mom started...

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beklah324 wrote:According to the CDC website, they don't know how or why the baby boomer generation is seeing high numbers of Hep C. I would think if it was because of drugs and blood transfusions,...

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JenFromJersey wrote:They didn't used to test blood the way they do now. My mom got it from a transfusion she received during a surgical procedure. Very true. My grandmother got it from a blood...

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Kristin, I don't remember which one it is, but it is one of the new ones that you don't have to take with Interfuron. She waited for them to be approved. She has been tired, and doesn't have much of...

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^It wouldn't be Imuran AKA Azathioprine ?? Kristin -- Thanks! I feel like a dink. I read the site I posted, and I thought I read the link names but I guess I missed them. Thanks for posting that, I'm...

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Jen, probably Harvoni. Viekira Pak is usually used without interferon, but Harvoni is slightly more popular depending on your mom's insurance. Beklah, a lot of sites try to bury the reasons for the...

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I really am not sure which one she is on, but her last blood work came back with a viral load of 0!

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That's so great!

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I found out it IS the Harvoni that she is on. She has a few more weeks left and can't wait to be done because it makes her really tired.

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Thanks for finding out and answering! I know when I was diagnosed, I read every book I could find and Imuran was brought up several times, but I can't remember if it was for my kind or all cases of...

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