Patient's question:
Everyone will go to donate blood for free. It has become a habit for me over the past two years. But recently, when I went to donate blood, the doctor told me that I couldn't donate because I had hepatitis C. At first, I didn't care, but after I looked up information, I was terrified. It's a contagious disease, and I was so painful that I wanted to die.Doctor's answer:
Patients with hepatitis C must maintain strong confidence in defeating the disease. On the one hand, they should reduce awareness and testing consciousness to achieve early detection and early treatment. On the other hand, after diagnosis, they must persist in medication, especially for those with difficult-to-treat hepatitis C. When necessary, combination therapy should be shortened to 72 weeks. Currently, there are no specific drugs available. Western medicine primarily uses interferon to suppress the virus, although it has some effect on the hepatitis C virus copy index (HCV-RNA). However, it mainly leads to drug resistance, viral mutation, significant side effects, a high rebound rate after becoming negative, and increased treatment difficulty. Treating hepatitis C is a chronic process, and it is crucial for patients to follow scientific and correct treatment methods.