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To: Prospector who wrote (4379)	10/16/1998 9:23:00 PM
From: R>G>	of 5402

10/16/98 From the Ann Arbor News Hospitals to track hepatitis C cases from transfusions. Washington- Hospitals are about to track down patients they discharge years ago to warn them that they may have been infected with the dangerous live virus hepatitis C if they received blood transfusions before 1992. It is the first step in a long-awaited government attack on a hidden epidemic. An estimated 3.9 million Americans have hepatitis C, thousands of whom caught it from transfusions before purity tests of the blood supply began in 1992. Many people do not know that the virus silently lurks in their bodies. But now that doctors finally have a few drugs to treat hepatitis C, they are launching campaigns to get all at-risk people tested-and first on the list are transfusion recipients. SKIP SKIP With those guidelines now in hand-and new federal regulations that set deadlines for hospitals to comply - thousands of transfusion recipients can expect to open their mailboxes to warning letters in the coming months. SKIP SKIP Hepatitis C, which kills up to 10,000 Americans each year, is the most common blood-borne infection in the United States and the leading reason for liver transplants. Some people overcome the virus without medical help. However, 85 percent develop a chronic, simmering infection that they can spread to others. Most of then will suffer at least some liver damage, especially if the drink alcohol, and 15 percent will develop severe damage. Sharing intravenous drug needles is the chief source of hepatitis C, causing 60 percent of cases. S R>G>

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