Welcome to Pegleg's Hep C Site

In april,1996 I went to the hospital because I had a rash on my leg which was oozing a transparent yellow liquid. I was diagnosed with Cirrhosis and Varices caused by the Hepatitis C virus. My spleen was enlarged.It was making antibodies that were eating my white blood cells and platelets. This left me defenseless against infection. It was then that I realized I had contracted the Hep C virus from a blood transfusion in the mid 80's when I had multiple amputations of my left leg due to Buerger's disease.

This is the first time I had heard of Hepatitis C

Hepatitis is a slow progressing disease that can lead to cirrhosis, liver cancer, autoimmune disease and finally death.Hepatitis C is a blood to blood transmitted disease. More than twice as many people are affected with HCV than HIV(4 million Americans). HCV is America's most common bloodborne pathogen. 29,000 people aquired HCV from blood transfusions, mostly before blood screening was instituted in 1990. HCV is stronger than HIV and has been found to live in dried blood for at least three months. Many infected people are unaware of their infection. Some ways the virus is known to be spread are ...

• Transfusion of blood or blood products.
• Needle stick accidents.
• Tattooing and body piercing.
• Sharing toothbrushes, razors, nailclippers, scissors ect.
• Intravenous drug abuse.
• Sexual transmission (Rarely).
• Birth & delivery.
• Organ transplant.
• Intranasal cocaine use
  

  !!! If any of these conditions apply to you, get tested promptly !!!

  

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