Lucinda K. Porter

Hepatitis C Treatment One Step at a Time (eBook, ePUB)

Inspiration and Practical Tips for Successful Treatment

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Hepatitis C is the most common blood-borne virus in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 3.2 million Americans are chronically infected with the chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment for HCV is long, sometimes lasting a year or more with success rate currently around 50%. And the medications often cause incapacitating side effects. Two new medications introduced in 2011 are showing success rates of 75 to 80%. However these new medications are taken with existing HCV drugs and include and intensify the side effects.

Hepatitis C Treatment One Step at a Time provides the practical advice and daily inspiration you need to help you successfully make it through hepatitis C (HCV) treatment.

Deciding to undergo hepatitis C treatment is one of the bravest and most important steps toward health youíll ever make. As a former Stanford nurse in the HCV field and a patient who was treated twice for HCV, Lucinda K. Porter understands how physically and emotionally challenging treatment can be.

In Hepatitis C One Step at a Time, she provides entries for each day of treatment, offering you a daily dose of relief, encouragement, and tips to help you stay on treatment. From dealing with fatigue and nausea to nosy co-workers and lab results, Porter provides everything you need to know to ease the process, including how to:

• Prepare for treatment, mentally, physically, and financially
• Manage side effects
• Set up a support system
• Keep your spirits up with daily inspiration and humor
• Celebrate your strength and acknowledge your milestones
• Find additional community and up-to-date information with an extensive resources section

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617051746
• Artikelnr.: 39475291

Autorenporträt

Lucinda K. Porter, RN, is an advocate, nurse, health educator and patient devoted to increasing awareness about hepatitis C.

Inhaltsangabe

"Foreword by Diana L. Sylvestre, MD, co-author of Healing Hepatitis C
Introduction
1. How to Use This Book
2. Readings to Help You Prepare for Treatment
3. Readings for the First Twelve Weeks
4. Readings for Weeks Thirteen through Twenty-Four
5. Readings for Weeks Twenty-Five through Thirty-Six
6. Readings for the Final Twelve Weeks
7. Readings for While You Wait for Results
Conclusion
Further Information"