For the first seven months of her life, little Addilyn Hawks appeared to be a perfectly healthy baby. Born Dec. 19, 2010, the daughter of Krystin and Aaron Hawks didn’t exhibit any symptoms of liver disease until August. after tests, she was diagnosed on Oct. 11 with Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis-Type 2, a liver disease for which there is no treatment and for which a transplant is the only lifesaving procedure.

“The doctor said she was in stage 3 of 4 liver disease,” says Krystin Hawks. The doctors at Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Aurora recommended a liver transplant.

The news was a blow for the new parents, and the prognosis was difficult to accept.

“Eventually, the liver just shuts down,” she says. “Right now, there is scarring of the liver, and it’s twice its normal size as it tries to compensate. her liver isn’t able to absorb and process fat-soluble vitamins that are crucial to growth, so Addilyn has to have added large doses of the vitamins.”

Because children with the disease are eventually diagnosed with liver cancer, Addilyn was immediately placed on the organ transplant registry. however, just a few weeks ago, a biopsy showed that she is free of cancer.

It was a good news-bad news situation.

“Unfortunately, because she doesn’t have cancer, she was taken off the transplant list,” says Krystin Hawks. “That’s the hardest part — it’s a blessing she doesn’t have cancer, but now it means that we have to wait for her to get sicker on down the line before she can go back on the list. That’s the hardest thing for us to deal with.”

Meanwhile, the Fort Collins community is rallying support for the baby and an eventual transplant through the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, a national nonprofit that organizes communities to raise funds for transplant-related expenses.

“Our target is to raise $50,000 to help with all the expenses related to Addilyn’s eventual transplant,” says Jamie Sedlak, national public relations coordinator with COTA. “These are two wonderful parents who are enjoying every moment they can with their baby,” she says. “It’s phenomenal what a support COTA can be in easing the concerns of a family facing such an overwhelming future.”

The Hawkses are currently living with Krystin’s family while they are in the process of buying a home of their own. last October, just after Addilyn’s diagnosis, the couple was forced to move out of their apartment in Fort Collins because of cigarette smoke that was drifting up from an apartment downstairs from them. “(The smoke) was a danger to Addilyn’s health, and we had to take her to a safer environment,” Krystin Hawks says.

They were eventually released from their lease, and their deposit was returned. “The problem was resolved,” she says. “Now, while we wait for a house, it’s great to have the extra support from my family.”

For the time being, Addilyn is growing and on target for normal development for a 1-year-old.

“She is a happy, beautiful baby,” says her mother. “But we can’t reverse the damage that’s already been done to her liver and know that it will eventually catch up with her. That’s a lot to deal with.”

Meanwhile, each day is filled with joy as the couple watches their little girl fight the odds.

“We depend on the support and love from our families, friends and church,” Krystin Hawks says.

“It’s interesting that you can imagine facing a situation like this and you think you couldn’t do it,” she says. “And then one day, you just have to step up and do the best you can.

“It’s amazing the strength God gives you and how important it is to be the best parents you can possibly be for your baby.”

Joyce Davis is a freelance writer who lives in Longmont. She can be reached at .

22nd Aug 2011, 10:31 am by Brad Lemaire

Drug maker Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) said Monday Health Canada has approved Incivek tablets for patients with chronic hepatitis C.

The drug, also known as telaprevir, is approved for use in combination with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin, two standard treatments used for Hep-C. Specifically, the drug can be used in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C, with compensated liver disease, meaning there is some damage to the liver, but the liver still functions.

About 170 million people worldwide are chronically infected with Hep-C, including some 250,000 Canadians. the serious liver disease can lead to liver damage, scarring, failure, or liver cancer.

The approval was based on three phase 3 studies of the drug of mroe than 2,500 people with hepatitis C. the results showed that people who took Incivek in combination with the other treatments achieved significantly higher rates of viral cure, compared to those that were treated with standard therapy alone.

The drug is indicated for people that are new to treatment, or did not respond to prior therapy.

“Health Canada’s rapid approval of Incivek underscores the urgent need for new medicines to treat hepatitis C,” said senior vice president and chief medical officer of Vertex, Robert Kauffman.

The company said that until recently, about 40% of people who underwent a year of treatment for Hep-C were cured.

“Incivek’s ability to nearly double that rate of cure and cut treatment time in half for the majority of patients being treated for the first time marks a turning point in the fight against this disease.”

Patients can live with the Hep C virus for many years without detecting any symptoms, leading for calls by some for increased hepatitis testing.

In 2010, the annual cost of hep-C due to medical treatment and lost productivity in Canada was estimated at $1 billion.

Vertex develops and commercializes small molecule drugs for the treatment of diseases. it is engaged in phase-one clinical trials for a host of drug candidates, which include drugs for the treatment for cystic fibrosis and influenza.

I had sex with a guy for like three minutes (what a joke) and I'm not sure if he came on me, or if it matters. he has hep C and i'd like to know some symptoms.
there was no protection and I understand the fail there.

hepatitis c is usually transmitted by blood not sex.BUT sometimes it might happen when your genital organ is bleeding.
the major symptoms :jaundice, hepatalgia .
the most important thing is that hepatitis c is the most harmful kind in the hepatitises . In the meanwhile , it can cause the liver cancer .
So you have to check your blood in the hospital.

Hepatitis C is not usually transmitted via sex. the exceptions occur where there is contact with blood during sex.
In male to male sex, this is most likely to happen during prolonged or rough anal sex or fisting, where tiny tears in the anus or rectum might occur. Men who are HIV positive are at increased risk of contracting hepatitis C through sexual contact with other men.
It really doesn't sound like you two did enough, for long enough, for you to be at any risk at all. him coming on your skin, or inside you, is not in itself a risk for hep C transmission.
It is very common for people to have hepatitis C for 15 or 20 years without any symptoms, so there is no point in you even thinking you can tell whether you were infected by how you feel now.
Even when people do have hep C symptoms, they are so common and potentially caused by so many other conditions, that it is impossible even for a doctor to diagnose on symptoms alone. They have to do a blood test. Symptoms include tiredness, flu like symptoms, nausea, muscle pains and indigestion. Everybody in the world has some of these, some of the time.
However, since you had unprotected sex, there may be a risk for HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases. it would probably be a good idea to get tested, and while you're there, then they can do a hep C test as well.

Hep C is NOT transmitted through sex. Unless the girl is on her period and bleeds on the guy then theres a small chance. it has to be blood to blood contact. I have Hep C it has no symptoms…sometimes my liver hurts a bit but thats it. it takes 4 months from the date of infection for it to show. You have absolutly no reason to worry but if you are then wait 4 months and get a test.

Viral Hepatitis Symptoms and Herbal Remedies for Viral Hepatitis

many diseases and conditions can cause irritation of the liver, for example, drugs, alcohol, chemicals, and autoimmune diseases.

many viruses, for example, the mononucleosis virus and cytomegalovirus can inflame the liver.

Viral hepatitis is an irritation of the liver caused by a virus. Several different viruses, named hepatitis a, B, C, D and E, cause viral hepatitis.

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All of these viruses cause acute, or short-term, viral hepatitis. the hepatitis B, C, D and may also cause chronic hepatitis, in which the disease is prolonged, sometimes lifelong. Chronic hepatitis can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, liver cancer.

Hepatitis viral hepatitis a, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D and hepatitis E.

Each of these types of viral hepatitis is caused by the hepatitis viruses of the same name, such as hepatitis a.

the most common forms of viral hepatitis in the United States are hepatitis a, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

the causes of viral hepatitis

Hepatitis a is usually transmitted by a person touching the feces and then not wash their hands before putting them in their mouth or touching food.

It can be transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food and water (eg, shellfish from sewage contaminated water). It can also be transmitted by close contact with a blow that has the virus.

1. Multiple sexual partners 2. Injection drug users 3. Hemophiliacs who will be given blood clotting factors 4. Blood

the symptoms of viral hepatitis />

Bone Marrow Cancer Symptoms ; Bone Cancer is 1 in every of the dreaded disease that represent a district of morbidity & mortality rate once a years. Despite the speedy advancement of the technologies, man has didn’t establish the increase of cancer & it’s total eradication. though specialists are observing that the majority of the cancer cells return to life thanks to excessive & unbalanced lifestyle.

There are differing kinds & types of cancer & also the treatment vary from 1 cancer to a different. it’s said that cancer is simple thus stop & treat if it’s on an onset of developments. it means that the cancer simply grew & it’s not widespread nonetheless. however how can we detect if we’ve the cancer ? we are going to be discussing a foremost common symptom of cancer based mostly on the various sorts & types of it.

For such liver cancers, excessive pain within the abdominal half whereas relaxed. in spite of what we are doing, though we’re doing nothing, if we had get liver cancer, we’ll be exhausted unconditionally & also the rates of pain are increasing and For brain cancer, that is one in every of the foremost renowned style of cancer, it’s characterised by excessive headached. it’s not the other normal headache.

Did we ever experienced our head is very painful that we simply wished to finish up punching our own heads of bumps it anywhere to induce rid of it ? be alarmed, which may be a manifestations of the brain cancer. For prostate cancer, that normally happens in men, frequentcy of urination & dark spots on the boy will be the symptoms.

Since the prostates cancer cell normally attacks bone cells initial, the bone are going to be set on hearth before impacting different vital body organ. For breast cancer ; for women, it’s characterised by the unstable pains within the breast half & waste merchandise popping out of the breast, There are instances where within the breast would swell excessively.

These can be a manifestation of a breast cancer. Bone marrow cancer are that the abnormal growths of cancer towards- the blood cell & also the bones are going to be contaminated. At some purpose, since bone marrow cover everywhere & anywhere within the human body there are plenty of complications which may arise along side it like excessive pains on the joints & different body elements.

At constant time, if the bone marrow cancer hits an individual, they have to perform a bone marrow transplants to treat the cancer. apart from the sensation of pain, there’ll be an unexplained drops of appetite & straightforward tiredness. Those are all manifestation of the bone marrow cancer.

These are literally a number of the foremost common symptoms & signs of cancer. The sign rely where the cancer originated & that is that the initial target infliction. there’s a requirement for us to grasp a lot of regarding the common symptom of willcer to be vigilant & addicted to what we tend to feel in order that we will stop it whereas it’s simply on the onset & that we could any stop the unfold. if we recognize the common Bone Marrow Cancer Symptoms we will avoid complications & there’ll be an even bigger chance for the patient to survive.

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I overdosed on tylonal 3 about a month and a half ago, presently I feel great, I've changed my ways and become healthy…..am I still at risk of liver failure?

The liver is a tough organ; I suppose that given its job as Chief Waste-Filterer, it needs to be tough. I lost a friend to liver cancer a few years back; he showed no symptoms until just a few months before his death.

Congratulations on your comeback, but don't get cocky now; see your doctor and do what s/he tells you. good luck.

well done , now go and find all the medical stuff out

MIAMI, Fla. — Tim Sardina, 56, has lived a colorful life, but the color started to fade in 1993.”I participated in a blood drive at work and they called me afterward and said ‘You need to see a doctor,’” said Sardina. Tests revealed he had Hepatitis C, a virus that attacks the liver.”I used to be a boxer and sometimes I would get cut and get transfusions, I guess that’s how it happened, but I really don’t know,” he said.Hepatitis C is spread by blood-to-blood transmission.The source can be a transfusion with tainted blood, sexual contact with an infected person, even sharing a toothbrush or a razor with someone who has “Hep C”.”Most of the people infected with this virus have no symptoms,” said Dr. Eugene Schiff, a liver specialist with Jackson Memorial Hospital. “Some express a sense of fatigue, but especially among older Americans, that’s usually nothing alarming.”Some cases of Hep C never advance, but others lead to cirrhosis of the liver; even liver cancer.The standard treatment of care involves two chemotherapy agents, ribavirin and interferon.”Problem is, we don’t at this point know which patients with Hep C will have the disease advance, so it’s really not possible to treat this early,” said Schiff.Schiff said studies are under way into new treatments that might put patients into remission with fewer side effects, which would offer hope to late-stage patients like Sardina.”Right now I’m stage 4 cirrhosis, but my doctor says as long as I have some liver function, I can keep going,” he said.

Hepatitis is derived from the Greek word “hepat” meaning liver along with the Greek suffix “-itis” meaning inflammation. it is characterized by the destruction of liver cells as well as the presence of inflammatory cells inside the liver tissues. it can either be acute or self-limiting exactly where it heals on its very own or it might be chronic which is longer or much more persistent. you will discover a lot of causes including:

• Toxins for example alcohol.
• Infections.
• Autoimmune processes which is an immune response against your personal cells or tissues.

Often people usually do not have any signs and symptoms or only develop them additional on within the illness so it can be complicated to detect and may be rather advanced before it really is actually picked up.

it can result in cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer. When you endure from this disease it truly is critical you put a stop to it and reverse any damage your liver may well already have. But how do you know you have drug induced hepatitis?

Hepatitis B:

at the moment in Western nations only 2% of the population are infected with chronic hepatitis. it is often a blood-borne infection which is usually transmitted by:

• Re-use of contaminated needles.
• Unprotected sexual contact.
• Blood transfusions
• During childbirth from the mother to the youngster if the mother is infected.

There are several vaccinations for Hepatitis B: it can either be made from recombinant DNA technologies or obtained from the plasma of patients with long-standing Hepatitis B virus infections. Recombinant DNA technology entails adding the relevant bits of DNA into a bacterium plasmid which is put back into the bacteria which then replicates itself which includes the new piece of DNA. This can then be utilized as a vaccine to ensure that individuals develop their personal antibodies against the virus. The vaccine is targeted at people today who’re most at risk including:

• Family members of folks with Chronic Hepatitis B
• Sexual partners of individuals with Hepatitis B
• Newborn babies of mother with Hepatitis B
• Drug Users
• Homosexual men
• Hospital staff who regularly come into contact with blood.

Symptoms of Acute Hepatitis B:

Let us discover the symptoms:

Jaundice

• General ill-health
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Body aches
• Mild fever
• Dark urine
• Development of jaundice. This is a yellowing of the sclera (white components of the eye) the skin as well as the mucous membrane. it is triggered when bilirubin (a yellow break down product of haem which is an iron containing group) levels inside the blood increase. This is an insoluble substance which travels to the liver bound to serum albumin. it is joined with glucuronic acid forming bilirubin diglucuroonide which is extra soluble and is excreted from the liver as bile. Unnatural cell death (necrosis) reduces the liver’s potential to create and excrete bilirubin leading to a develop up of blood in the liver.

  Acute Hepatitis B lasts some weeks and in most men and women it gradually improves and does not normally call for treatment. The incubation period for Hepatitis B is usually 2-6months and 1 in 20 patients develops chronic Hepatitis B although 1 in 5 develops cirrhosis.

Symptoms of Chronic Hepatitis B:

Jaundice is greatest observed inside the whites of the eyes. When they turn yellow it implies that your liver is just not being in a position to practice all hemoglobin from dying red cells as well as the excess waste is being stored inside the skin and eyes.

Fatigue and Dizziness

The hepatitis surface antigen is most frequently tested for as it is the initial detectable viral antigen.

There are 7 medicines that is usually used to treat Hepatitis B;

Your muscle and brain may possibly be the ones burning energy, but your liver will be the a single that offers the muscle the sugar it needs.

• Lamivudine
• Adefovir
• Telbivudine
• Entecavir
• Tenofovir

2 immune program modulators:

Loss of Appetite and Nausea

• Interferon alpha-2a
• Pegylated interferon alpha-2a.

95% of infected adults and older youngsters will stage a full recovery and develop protective immunity to the virus.

Hepatitis C:

Please also research more on Types Of Hepatitis and Cdc Hepatitis.

Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV). In Canada there are about 3,000 new cases each year. For some, the infection can be fatal if the condition becomes chronic, leading to liver scarring (cirrhosis), liver failure or liver cancer.

once the liver is committed to losing an important component in our process of detoxifying the body, including liver function, as the storage of glycogen, plasma protein synthesis and production of bile. this is essential for the proper functioning of our body.

HBV transmission through blood or body fluids with an infectivity rate of almost 100 times greater than (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) HIV. The infection usually occurs through unprotected sexual contact, intravenous drug users who share needles or other objects (tattoos, piercing), and vertical transmission from mother to baby during childbirth or breastfeeding.

Signs and symptoms of hepatitis B infection include some or all of the following:

dark urine, light weakness, fatigue, drowsiness and loss of appetite Nausea and vomiting Fever Headache Irritability Itching abdominal discomfort diarrhea and muscle pain, joint pain, yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)

Some people may be asymptomatic (without symptoms or signs of infection) that is essential to have a blood test if you think you have been exposed to the virus. Signs and symptoms usually appear 4-6 weeks after infection ranging from mild to severe. Chronic hepatitis is considered, if the body is able to eliminate the virus within 6 months.

Conventional treatments include the use of anti-interferon and antiviral (lamivudine and adefovir dipivoxil) for HBV. unfortunately, these medications are not without side effects. These include symptoms such as cough, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting, hair loss, fatigue, muscle pain, depression and decreased production of red blood cells.

Natural therapies for hepatitis:

The therapeutic goals are in natural therapies to support liver function and prevent further damage to the liver. Treatments may involve the use of herbs like milk thistle (Silybum marianum), artichoke (Cynara scolymus), turmeric (Curcuma longa) and licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). dietary recommendations are made to eliminate foods that can be irritating to the liver, such as deep fried fatty foods and foods low in fiber.

a journey to heal Naturopathic Clinic we have treated many cases of hepatitis B successfully. In our cases, liver function tests (ALT, AST) levels returned to normal and the patient has no previous symptoms associated with hepatitis. We use individualized herbal formulas and dietary recommendations, not the gun that fired the same supplement approach to treat all patients with hepatitis B. These formulas are based on signs and symptoms that occur. Because symptoms and signs change, our formulas change accordingly. this is one of the main reasons for our success in the treatment of hepatitis B. if you can not drink herbal tea (for some of these formulas can be bitter) and have no time to cook the herbal teas that this can not be an appropriate treatment for you. Results may vary from person to person depending on the prognosis of the disease.

Contact us today for more consultantion.

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If the white part of your eyes start turning yellow

If you feel like you have no energy.

After all the liver filters out blood.

Liver cancer causes ascites, which is fluid on the abdomen.
It can also cause jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), loss of appetite, weight loss as a result of no appetite, confusion (due to the toxins that are not being filtered out of your body).