Hepatitis C and Dating

What can you do if you have the Hepatitis C virus and want to have a normal loving relationship? Dating in this day and age is difficult enough but dating when you have the Hepatitis C virus can be even tougher. You might think it is impossible.  If you are fortunate enough to meet someone and begin dating how long before you find it necessary to broach the subject of having Hepatitis C?  That can be a scary thing for those who are not infected. They may not want to take the chance of getting too close to someone who is infected for fear that they themselves could contract the virus. Who wants to go through that kind of rejection?

Then what do you do? No one wants to envisage a life alone. The best alternative is to look into the dating sites that are aimed only at those who have Hepatitis C. With several million sufferers in the Untied States it seems that these dating sites are worth looking into.  There is nothing wrong with visiting these sites. You shouldn't feel funny about it. People are there for the same reason you are, to be seen as a person of worth instead of someone with hepatitis. Maybe you'll find that someone special and maybe not. At the very worst you will meet a bunch of people who will give you understanding and compassion instead of being afraid of you.

There are sites like this all over the world. With over a hundred million sufferers globally there must be some people you can meet who will help to fill that void you feel. Many people who have Hepatitis C stop socializing for fear of a lack of compassion from both old friends and those they may meet.  They feel ostracized and so over time they become lonely, keeping to themselves to avoid the pain of potential rejection.  No one should have to live like that. Not when the opportunity to change all that is opened to you.

These sites also usually offer chat rooms for those times when you are feeling most alone and just want to feel in the company of friends that understand what you are going through. A lot of these dating sites for people with Hepatitis C also offer support groups for this same reason.  It allows an exchange of ideas and the opportunity to listen to advise from others who may have had treatment successes.  As well, it's just nice to share the day's events with people you enjoy talking to.  Maybe you'll meet your should mate, fall in love and never be alone again. Maybe you'll find a lover who is lonely like yourself and that builds to something lasting. Or maybe you just have the opportunity to make some friends to go to the movies with or out for the odd dinner. No matter which one it is it will lessen your loneliness and bring you back into the world of people again.

Hepatitis news on the Web

Hepatitis Outbreak Concerns Kennebunkport Parents (WMTW Auburn)
A recent outbreak of hepatitis A at Kennebunkport’s Consolidated Elementary School has district leaders rethinking their notification policy.

Investigational Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Treatment, TMC435 - Promising Study Results (Medical News Today)
New clinical data demonstrate the safety and antiviral activity of TMC435, an investigational protease inhibitor (PI) being developed by Tibotec BVBA for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

NHS Tayside’s £2.7m to fight Hepatitis C (The Evening Telegraph)
NHS Tayside will spend £2.7 million over the next three years tracking down and treating people with Hepatitis C (writes Marjory Inglis, medical reporter).

Hepatitis A outbreak spreads at Consolidated School (York County Coast Star)
KENNEBUNKPORT and#8212; Following news that a fifth child has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, parents questioned the MSAD 71 School Board on Monday as to why all parents weren't notified after the initial outbreak at Consolidated School.

Tibotec Presents Interim Findings for TMC435, an Investigational Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Treatment, at the AASLD Liver ... (Presseportal)
Cork, Ireland, November 20 (ots/PRNewswire) - - Nearly 90 Percent of Patients Achieve Undetectable Viral Load in Phase IIa Trial Within 28 Days of Combined Treatment With Standard of Care New clinical data demonstrate the safety and antiviral activity of TMC435, an investigational protease inhibitor (PI) being developed by Tibotec BVBA for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) ...

48% Of Nurses Injured By Needles While 34% Fear Contracting HIV Or Hepatitis (Medical News Today)
Nearly half of all nurses (48%) have been stuck by a needle that had previously been used on a patient, according to a new report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). The report also shows that a third (34%) feel at risk of contracting diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C following such injuries.

DOMINGO HAS HEPATITIS "B", FIGHT CALLED OFF (Philboxing)
WBO Oriental bantamweight champion Michael Domingo’s scheduled fight against Nestor Rocha at the Morongo Casino & Spa in Cabazon, California Friday night November 21 (Saturday morning November Manila Time) has been called off.

Inovio reports positive interim results from Phase I/II hepatitis study (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Inovio Biomedical, a developer of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, has announced that its partner, Tripep, has reported positive additional interim results from its ongoing Phase I/II clinical study of its therapeutic DNA vaccine against hepatitis C virus.

YOU ARE HERE: (Aidsmap)
Campaigners have expressed concern that the first successful prosecution for the sexual transmission of hepatitis B virus may be a miscarriage of justice. The case involved a 29-year-old man who was accused of infecting a 27 year old woman with the virus after unprotected sex.

County holds forum on Hepatitis C (The Daily News)
The Cowlitz County Health Department will hold a Hepatitis C educational session at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the health department, 1952 Ninth Ave. in Longview.