Trying to Catch Hepatitis C?

For World Hepatitis Awareness Day, have a look at this
brilliant little cartoon about Dennis and his efforts to catch
Hepatitis C.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• hepatitis
• cartoon
• line-drawing
• animation
• funny
• tattoo
• cocaine
• hospital
• blood
• nurse
• test
• illness
• razor
• dennis
• virus

[iampeeay01]

what is the number one symptom when you have hepa C?

[boazandjiacinth]

@TheTexasBastard it has almost killed me twice.. no big deal, i used to think the same way, big deal, BANG, hospital, liver failure... what r u on about? Interfreron is harsh, but worth considering, i wish you all the best.

[iychyangel]

Hep C is transmitted from blood to blood contact. this should have been stated in the cartoon

[costgene]

An interesting approach to sharing important info. In reply to "The Texas Bastard", tell us how you feel when the Dragon jumps on you!

[Face0fRoadkill1213]

This video makes fun at a disease that someday might kill ME. I know people that are living with it, that are healthy and happy, so maybe i will live a productive life with it too.

[NewAeon93]

I have Hep C. So does my girlfriend. We were both IV heroin and cocaine users for a long time, then got sober. I knew she had it, but had (unprotected) sex with her every day for 2 years and never caught it. I finally got it when we relapsed together and shot up "just one more time" and I was desperate enough to use her cook-up water, not even her needle. Our doctors have assured us our kids will be fine and we will most likely live to be old enough to die of something else (we're early 30's)

[TheTexasBastard]

Ive got Hepatitu.C and its really not that big of a deal. This desease was only discovered in the early 90s and people are making a big hype about it.

[milascave]

Well, I've read plenty of acounts of serodiscordant couples that have been having sex unprotected for decades without anything being transmited. It just dosn't seem to be transmited that way. There are expetions. Sex between men who have HIV seems to cay more risk.

But I would wonder where your teachers info comes from.

[jimbobsquarepants12]

@milascave - Actually (according to my virology professor) the low chance of sexual transmission in promiscuous societies (USA as example) accounts for 15-20% of NEW Hep C infections. You can also get perinatal infection in 6% of cases where the mother is HCV+. Also, liver problems are associated with <20% of chronic infections, and this is due to persistent damage. Alcohol works synergistically with the infection to cause damage which can result in hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer).