Zithunzi za Hepatitis C

Zamkati

• Jim Banta, wazaka 62 - Anapezeka mu 2000
• Laura Stillman, 61 - Anazindikira mu 1991
• Gary Gach, 68 - Anapezeka mu 1976
• Nancy Gee, 64 - Anapezeka mu 1995
• Orlando Chavez, 64 - Anapezeka mu 1999

Anthu asanu amagawana nkhani zawo zokhala ndi matenda a chiwindi a C ndikuthana ndi manyazi oyandikira matendawa.

Ngakhale anthu opitilira 3 miliyoni ku United States ali ndi hepatitis C, sichinthu chomwe anthu ambiri amafuna kuyankhula-kapena kudziwa momwe angayankhulire. Ndi chifukwa chakuti pali zonena zabodza zambiri za izo, kuphatikizapo kusamvetsetsa za momwe zimadutsidwira, kapena kufalikira, kuchokera kwa munthu kupita kwa munthu. Njira yofala kwambiri yopezera matenda a chiwindi a C ndi kudzera m'magazi omwe ali ndi kachilomboka. Itha kupatsirana chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kudzera m'mitsempha komanso kuwunika magazi mopanda tanthauzo. Nthawi zina, imatha kupatsirana pogonana. Zizindikiro zimayamba pang'onopang'ono ndipo nthawi zambiri zimadziwika kwa miyezi kapena zaka. Anthu ambiri sadziwa kwenikweni momwe anapatsira kachirombo ka HIV kapena nthawi yoyamba. Zinthu zonsezi zimatha kupanga manyazi ena okhudzana ndi anthu omwe ali ndi matenda a chiwindi a C. Komabe, palibe chomwe chingapezeke posunga chinsinsi. Kupeza katswiri woyenera, kupeza chithandizo, komanso kuyankhula momasuka ndi zinthu zitatu zomwe anthu omwe ali ndi chiwindi cha hepatitis C angachite kuti akhale ndi moyo wabwino.

Jim Banta, wazaka 62 - Anapezeka mu 2000

“Upangiri wanga ndikuti ndikupatseni mtima. [Muli] ndi tsiku loyambira ndipo muli ndi tsiku lomaliza. Ndipo mankhwalawa ndi abwinoko kuposa kale. Ndipo mwayi wotsukidwa ndi wabwino kwambiri. … Ndine hep C momveka lero ndipo ndine wokondwa, bambo wokondwa. ”

Laura Stillman, 61 - Anazindikira mu 1991

"Ndidaphunzira kuti nditha kuthana nazo, ndikuti nditha kudziwa zomwe ndiyenera kuchita, kupeza zidziwitso, ndikupanga zisankho ngakhale ndikudwaladwala. [Pambuyo] nditachiritsidwa ndikuchiritsidwa, mphamvu zimawoneka ngati zikubwerera kuchokera kwina, ndipo ndidakhala wolimbikira kwambiri. Ndinayambiranso kuvina motsutsana, ndipo ndinali wosangalala popanda chifukwa. ”

Gary Gach, 68 - Anapezeka mu 1976

“Ngati muli ndi matenda otupa chiwindi a mtundu wa C, mwina mungakhale ndi chizolowezi chokhala ndi nkhawa. … Ndipo chifukwa chake mumachita bwino kutsutsana ndi chisangalalo, kuti mukhale ndi chimwemwe. [Ndakhala] ndikusinkhasinkha moyo wanga wonse ndipo ndazindikira kuti machitidwe anga osinkhasinkha, ongoganiza za kupuma kwanga kuti ndibwerere pakadali pano, ndi othandiza kwathunthu pakutsitsa malingaliro anga ndikukhazikitsa cholinga changa. "

Nancy Gee, 64 - Anapezeka mu 1995

“Ndikuyembekeza kwambiri moyo wanga. Ndimaona kuti ndimavomereza zakale. Ndimakonda gulu langa logwirana omwe nawonso adadwala matenda otupa chiwindi a C, ndikungolandira zomwe ndakumana nazo, ndipo ndi gawo langa. [Moyo] ndiwosangalatsa, zili ngati zatsopano kwa ine. Ndili ndi anzanga tsopano. Ndili ndi chibwenzi. Nditha kupuma pantchito yanga m'zaka zitatu, ndipo ndatha, ndipo ndizodabwitsa. "

Orlando Chavez, 64 - Anapezeka mu 1999

"Chifukwa chake upangiri wanga ungakhale kupeza wopeza bwino. Pezani gulu lothandizira lomwe limapereka chithandizo, kufikira, maphunziro, kupewa, ndi chithandizo. Khalani wokuthandizani, dziwani zomwe mungasankhe, ndipo koposa zonse, musadzipatule. Palibe chilumba. Lumikizanani ndi anthu ena omwe akukumana ndi mavuto, akudwala, kapena akudwala matenda a chiwindi a C kuti muthandizidwe. ”