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mallani


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Hi Carol, here on the forum, fatigue mostly refers to a side-effect of treatment. The fatigue is mostly due to anaemia which is caused by all of the drugs, but mostly Ribavirin. Patients vary widely in the degree of anaemia they develop and it can be severe enough to require blood transfusions.

HCV can be a very silent disease with few symptoms even in the presence of severe liver damage. Fatigue is probably the most common symptom- the exact cause for this is uncertain, but it is a feature of all chronic diseases.



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Geno 1b, IL28B CT,  x3 prior relapser,  ex-cirrhotic, 75 yo, did 48 weeks with Victrelis/Peg./Riba.  VL 1.28m at start, UNDET. at 8 ,12 ,16 ,24 ,30  and 48 weeks.  EOT 15 Feb 2013 , UNDET. at EOT + 28 weeks. SVR!  Still Undet. at EOT +5 years

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When people on these boards talk about fatigue from the HCV, are they talking about fatigue caused from the virus pretreatment, fatigue caused from the treatment, or both?



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Husband has HCV.  Viral load @ start of treatment was 1,600,000.  Genotype 2.

Treatment includes Ribavirin pills and Peginterferon injections for 24 weeks.

UND at 4 weeks, 12 weeks and EOT plus 1.5 weeks and 3 months. 

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