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How did the Baby Boomers get afflicted with hepatitis C?

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Title: How did the Baby Boomers get afflicted with hepatitis C?


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How did the Baby Boomers get afflicted with
hepatitis C?
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  • In early to mid 1900s in the US, hygiene and
    blood borne infections were not well understood. 
    Doctors often performed surgeries with unwashed
    hands.  During the South Korean war many doctors
    would operate on multiple patients without gloves
    or hand washing.  Essentially moving infection
    from one patient to another unknowingly. 
    Contamination by blood was common and
    sterilization practices of medical instruments
    were sub par.

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  • Hepatitis C made leaps and bounds in America
    during this dark age of medical and clinical
    science.  We now have a fighting chance with
    Direct Acting Antivirals like Sovaldi, Harvoni,
    Epclusa and Daklinza. 

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  • Its an amazing opportunity to treat an infectious
    disease with one pill a day for 84 days. Please
    talk to your doctor before starting Harvoni or
    any medical treatment or procedure.
  • FYI 3 out of 4 baby boomers do not know theyre
    infected with hepatitis C
  • Prior to 1989, tests for hepatitis C did not
    exist, you were positive if you were non A B
    positive.  Non A B meant nor hepatitis A or
    hepatitis B, it was hepatitis but nomenclature
    was not designated for the infection at that
    time.

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  • Majority of the infections are NOT due to drug
    use, but through contaminated blood and poorly
    sterilized medical equipment according to new
    research published by Journal of American Medical
    Association.
  • Once hepatitis C was clinically understood,
    screening, testing and preventative measures were
    put in place.  Due to the nature of the virus
    being highly infectious with high mortality
    rates, hepatitis C was finally getting the needed
    serious attention it deserved.

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  • 91 88263 25543
  • hcvmeds_at_gmail.com
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