In December 2009 Magdalena Harris of National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales in Australia published a paper in Body Society called Injecting, Infection, Illness: Abjection and Hepatitis C Stigma.
Based upon “qualitative interviews with 40 people living with chronic hepatitis C in New Zealand and Australia” Harris argues that there are three primary causes for Hepatitis C stigma?Click here for more
The objective of this blog is to highlight some of the early symptoms and signs of hepatitis C
As we said in the previous blog on Hep C by way of background
“Around 300 million people across the globe are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Most people have few, if any symptoms after the initial six months after infection. But HCV persists in the liver in about 85% of those infected. Hepatitis C can be treated with medication, normally peginterferon and ribavirin. Only about 50% of patients are fully cured.
Some Hepatitis C patients require a liver transplant due to the development of cirrhosis or liver cancer.” Click here for more
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