Hi I have a question ? My boyfriend and I have been together for a while .And he told me he has hepatitis c . I am now 3 months pregnant.Can our baby have this ? Or is it possible that my baby may have hepatitis c ?

Usually what doc's will do is prescribe neupogen to regenerate your wbc's

First off you should be tested for hcv. If you don't have it then no worry. Even if you do have hep it is possible but rare for you to pass it to your child.

Yes it is unfortunately normal for the counts to drop. Also look at your platelets as they usually go way down during treatment. I started out the first round and went down to 42 on the platelets but following the end of the protocol they are coming back up and after three bouts of interferon and not clearing the virus I can happily say my platelets are back in range and going up.
I do not think they use neutrofil for interferon treatment but I am not sure. I have been involved in researching and educating for years and thus have been in contact with many patients and seen a ton of abstracts but may have not noticed this drug being used although I do know it is generally a good one for low white counts so ask you doctor.

Be well
ane

Can aynone help me out. I am 43, I started using and sharing needles at 16. I continued my drug use up until june this year 2003. I know I have been re-infected probably heaps of times, I also watched a friend die of liver cancer earlier this year. I am terrified of dying the same way, as she was in agony and the powers that be only administered pain relief when she was near death due to the fact she was an iv drug user. I have moved to another state to run away from my past, I now fear that if I do get liver cancer I will be treated the same in-human way. I also would like to know how much I can expect my energy levels and moods to suffer. I am at my wits end about my hep c and there is no relief. I also find it difficult to talk about my status with doctors as there is definitely a stigma attached to having hep c (ie. Junky scum).