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The Hepatitis Epidemic (You may have it and not know it!) by Tony M. Isaacs
Right now, 5 million Americans are
infected with Hepatitis C - and most of them don't know it. That
is 1 out of every 50 people.....and some will be people you know.
One out of every 10 Veterans is infected, 62% of Vietnam Vets
have it. Three people with Hep C die every day, two of them are
Veterans.
Hepatitis C is considered an epidemic
and is now killing more people than Aids/HIV...30,000 a year and
it's going to get much worse. The number of adults seeking liver
transplants for hepatitis C infection will skyrocket in the next
20 years. An estimated 10,000 to 30,000 Americans die from this
disease each year. Deaths are estimated to increase because of
the increasing risk of infection, and the resulting cirrhosis,
portal hypertension, thrombocytopenia, bleeding from varices,
and liver cancer. Five years ago, 20% of hepatitis C patients
were candidates for liver transplantation and today the number
has increased to about 50%.
According to the Center for Disease
Control (CDC), by the year 2008, the cases of decompensation will
increase 279%, liver-related deaths 223% and the need for liver
transplantation 528%. Considering that we don't have enough organs
now and people die on transplant lists, many of those precious
lives will be lost. For those fortunate enough to find a donor,
this expensive process costs roughly $300,000 during the first
3 months, and can be painful and incapacitating. Add to this the
thousands of dollars for anti-rejection drugs and the costs of
more frequent visits to health care facilities. The other option,
debilitating and woefully ineffective chemo, runs into the tens
of thousands of dollars and more and has success rates in the
mere single digits
Hepatitis C is called the dragon,
because it sleeps for many years and one day, suddenly, it wakes
up and ends your life (people who got infected 20-30 years ago
may just now find out). The Hepatitis C virus is very old and
very smart.....it doesn't kill quickly like the old HIV virus
or like the Ebola virus. Hepatitis C has chosen to infect the
liver. The ONLY organ capable of regeneration. It simmers for
many years, keeping its host alive. It is so smart it uses our
own immune system against us.
Nobody knows exactly where it came
from. During World War II, an unlicensed yellow fever vaccine
was released to immunize our troops who were going to the South
Pacific. To stabilize the vaccine, scientists used serum from
Australian Aboregenese, hoping they were immune to endemic illnesses
and that immunity would then be passed to our troops. Years later,
it was discovered that 50% of the Aboregenese had Hepatitis B
and C. A study done by the Veteran's Administration later PROVED
that over 320,000 of our troops were infected. Thousands of them
fell ill with hepatitis and hospitalized or quarantined in their
barracks. When they came back home, they were encouraged to donate
blood. A monster, with the power to mutate, had just been unleashed.
Hepatitis C is transmitted through
blood only. Blood to blood. That means blood transfusions with
contaminated blood before 1992 (because blood was not screened),
tattoos, body piercing, needle sticks, IV drugs with contaminated
needles, manicures that made you bleed (instruments are not sterilized),
sharing razors, toothbrushes, anything that could pass infected
blood to your blood. Even doing IV drugs once could have given
you the virus or sharing straws with someone that had nasal sores
or bleeding.
A mutating virus for which there
is no vaccine. It has many strains and sub strains. By the time
they figure something about it, it's already mutated into something
stronger. 70-75% of people have genotype 1, the strain most difficult
to treat. 95% of Veterans who have Hep C have genotype 1. The
success rate with traditional modern medicine treatment is only
about 50% and treatment is a whole year and side effects from
the medications are cruel. For Veterans, success rate is only
19%....and sadly, even that treatment is approved for only 11.8%
of them.
The Hepatitis C virus causes diabetes
(40% of genotype 1 have diabetes), it affects the brain causing
depression, it causes lung problems, neuropathy, fibromyalgia,
Sjogren's, cardiac problems, skin problems, arthritis, stomach
problems, anemia, fatigue, and of course, cirrhosis. After cirrhosis
comes DECOMPENSATION. The liver stops working, the skin and sclera
become yellow, your belly looks like you're pregnant, you're unable
to process protein, you get anemic, confused, the kidneys stop
working and many bleed to death.
Many of the people that are infected
already have severe liver damage and don't know it....and they
are going to be looking at herbal products to treat the symptoms
they are having. What many people do not know is that there are
at least two excellent inexpensive supplements that can be used
for hepatitis. First of all, I am told that virtually nothing
works as well for hepatitis as colloidal silver.
There is also another excellent herbal
treatment for hepatitis that is all natural, inexpensive and extraordinarily
effective. Most people in the United States are not familiar with
the Berkson Clinical Study on Hepatitis-C, a study that was never
published in the United States, despite Dr. Berkson's impressive
credentials that include Rutgers, the Max Planck Institute and
the Center for Disease Control (CDS) in Atlanta.
It has been suggested that the real
reason the study has never been published in the states is due
to the fact that liver transplants are highly profitable for mainstreams
medicine, costing over $300,000 in the first three months alone,
plus many thousands of dollars afterwards for anti-rejection drugs
and aftercare.
In Doctor Berksons study, which was
100% effective in a limited study on advanced hepatitis-C patients
who were facing either transplants or chemo, he used a combination
of three commonly available and inexpensive natural supplements,
along with healthy modifications in diet, exercise and lifestyle.
And what are the supplements? Milk
thistle (silymarin), alpha-lipoic acid and selenium - all commonly
available and inexpensive. I have used milk thistle for years,
after reading long ago that it was deemed effective at not only
protecting the liver but also in regenerating damaged livers by
the German E Commission (their equivalent of the FDA). Now I take
all three supplements to help offset a fondness for another natural
substance - blue agave (smile).
In treating any disease or illness,
it is usually an excellent idea to cleanse the body of toxins
(which help promote disease and retard healing). A complete liver
cleanse is an essential procedure to help treat hepatitis as well
as for anyone to use as part of a healthy anti-disease lifestyle.
Since good health begins in the gut,
the same holds true for a good colon cleanse.
Tony M. Isaacs is the author of “Cancer’s
Natural Enemy”, “Collected Remedies”, and numerous
health articles and is a regular contributor to this newsletter.
