Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has come forward to talk about his recent battle with Hepatitis C. Steven was diagnosed with the disease several years ago, but has battled the disease successfully. While there is no cure for Hepatitis C, there is treatment. Steven blames that treatment, as well as his illness, for the damage to his marriage.
"I had a little problem at home, to say the least," the "Cryin' " crooner says on Access. "I would run upstairs at night, you know, to put the kids asleep and wake up at 3 in the morning with a nosebleed--you know, just passed out from the interferon, the treatment. It's a shot and pills and all of that. But the good news is I stood the test of time."
Steven wants to help others by talking about the disease. He says it's a silent killer, many times not showing any symptoms. He even wants to go on Oprah's show to talk about it.
I am a hepatology nurse practitioner who treats many patients with hepatitis C with the same treatment Steve Tyler took-interferon. I want to inform your readers that the treatment CAN cure hepatitis C. The hepatitis C antibody will always remain positive in the patient but the active virus can be totally eradicated. Please refer to www.aasld.org and www.hcvadvocate.org for information about this and other liver diseases.
Guest said: I am a hepatology nurse practitioner who treats many patients with hepatitis C with the same treatment Steve Tyler took-interferon. I want to inform your readers that the treatment CAN cure hepatitis C. The hepatitis C antibody will always remain positive in the patient but the active virus can be totally eradicated. Please refer to www.aasld.org and www.hcvadvocate.org for information about this and other liver diseases.
The way that you wrote this, its not scientifically accurate.
Interferon will dramatically reduce the Hepatitis C viral load, sometimes to non-detectable levels, but the infected patient will always carry the Hepatitis C virus. A patient is never "cured" of Hepatitis C, as he or she will have to remain on Interferon for the rest of their lives. If the patient goes off Interferon, the virus will begin to multiply and the viral load will increase. In some cases, the patient will become non-responsive to Interferon and their viral load will increase.
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