Viral hepatitis: A silent epidemic killing more people than HIV, malaria or TB

Post by skrebbel » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 9:38 AM UTC

UI_at_80x24 wrote: post #32

jandrese wrote: post #22

What happened in Canada? You see charts like this with sub-Saharan Africa and Mongolia are lit up and that's no surprise, but then Canada shows up and you wonder what happened. They scored worse than the US at a healthcare metric! They scored worse than Mexico . Is this one of those things where the Indigenous population has a real problem that is skewing the numbers for the entire country or did the government not b…

I don't know _what_ is going on but I have a guess. I live in Canada. We see these 'Hepatitis vaccine' posters at every doctors office/clinc. They are all related to "going on vacation somewhere warm". So the implication is "Caribbean vacation = hepatitis". There were even TV commercials that tried to show "unexpected places you could get hepatitis from", from the ice-cube, from the sand on the beach (showing a cut f…

Post by loeg » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 9:40 AM UTC

HarryHirsch wrote: post #54

gaustin wrote: post #26

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For about $100 every 10 years, I'd rather be safer than sorry.

That's entirely your choice. But the British NHS says that the taxpayer won't pick up the bill unless you have chronic liver problems.

Post by _9vpl » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 9:46 AM UTC

mlindner wrote: post #35

HarryHirsch wrote: post #25

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Hep A is a waterborne disease. If you live somewhere with proper sanitation and don't have contact with sewage you are at low risk and the funds for the vaccine are better directed elsewhere.

San Francisco residents have extra contact with sewage than the normal person because the feces and urine that are everywhere.

Post by lwf » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 9:57 AM UTC

copperx wrote: post #51

joshuamcginnis wrote: post #33

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FYI, 23andme provides an Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease report[1] based via the ε4 variant but does not test for a person's full APOE genotype. [1] https://you.23andme.com/reports/ghr.alzheimers/

Now I'm scared; 23andme reported that I'm at risk for Late-Onset Alzheimer's. What lifestyle changes can I make to reduce the risk of liver cancer?

Post by lotsofpulp » Sat, Dec 08, 2018, 11:43 AM UTC

Scaevolus wrote: post #78

subcosmos wrote: post #36

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pssst .... APOE genotype predicts how much viral DNA for Herpes is found in the brain .... post mortem ..... It's almost as if Herpes viruses transport around the body the same way ;) (Bar plots in this paper are LOG!) https://jvi.asm.org/content/80/11/5383/figures-only

There's a theory that amyloid-beta plaques are protective reactions to encapsulate infections, which go out of control in Alzheimer's. As people age, the blood-brain barrier weakens, allowing more viral particles in. This is why people with herpes are at higher risk. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180705143920.h...