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The following is from the USA and we ALL know that the same situation exists in Canada…except for the idiots in the Federal government who think that for some reason it doesn’t!
“It’s a stigma that can be … you never know what people are going to say,” she said. “Ask your doctor about it. Try to educate yourself. Don’t be afraid to ask questions.”
Sears said it’s important that people in Brashear’s age group, baby boomers, get tested for Hepatitis C. At least 1 in 30 baby boomers has the virus, and 70 percent of them don’t know it, Sears said.
“People may have said, ‘Well, I didn’t participate in free love, I didn’t get tattoos, I didn’t sleep around, I didn’t inject drugs.’ Great. Did your get your teeth cleaned in the ’60s and ’70s? Did you get an infection in your knee? Did you get acupuncture? There were many things that we were being exposed to that we had no idea about at that time,” Sears said.
Sears recommends a one-time screening for Hepatitis C. If diagnosed, doctors could treat the virus within three months. Last year, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple cured 350 patients.
“This is the only chronic infection in humans that’s ever been cured,” Sears said.