Posted on 05/19/2012 3:19:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The federal government Friday called for all baby boomers to be tested for hepatitis C, which kills more Americans each year than AIDS and is the leading reason for liver transplants.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the recommendation to find hundreds of thousands of people who don't realize that they have the infection, which greatly increases their chances of developing cirrhosis and liver cancer.
The hepatitis C virus is transmitted by blood, usually through intravenous drug use or transfusions. A blood test for it became widely available in 1992. Extremely small amounts of the virus are able to cause infection. Some experts believe that rolled-up dollar bills used to snort cocaine and passed person to person can carry enough infected blood to transmit the virus.
"Many baby boomers may not even remember the behaviors that put them at risk," said John Ward, head of the CDC's viral hepatitis division....
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Hepatitis C can be cured/controlled by using alpa lipoic acid, silymarin and selenium, and maybe a few other basic things that complement these three. Effects are absolutely amazing. We have seen these used successfully in several severe instances.
There are three other things that will destroy a liver...Tylenol (Acetaminophen), poison mushrooms and some hydrocarbon solvents. The alpha lipoic acid etc can reverse the liver damage here too.
Was reading a book about young german youth and their change during Hitler's rise to power in the 1930's. Too many things are awfully similar in regards to the path we are heading down.
Things need to turn around quickly. I am optimistic that they will.
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