Personal accounts

People with direct experience of HIV and hepatitis coinfection, have written much of this guide. Their storie are included here, and cover dealing with a second diagnosis, disclosure, friends, family, sex, treatment, management and support.

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Contributors

• Carmen, Spain
• Mauro, Italy
• Marianna, Poland
• Silvia, Italy

Add your story

How other HIV positive-people deal with hepatitis C coinfection is an important source of imformation.

• If you want to share your story, email us: stories@i-base.org.uk. Include a name you wish to appear with your story (you real name or an invented one)
• You can tell us about any aspect of coinfection. Some points you may want to cover:
  • Dealing with a second diagnosis
  • Disclosure
  • Effect on friends, family and partners
  • Self-management
  • Hepatitis C treatment
  • Where you get support
  You don't have to tell us about all of this! A short comment on one aspect of HIV/hepatitis C coinfection is just as important.
• We will post as many personal accounts as possible, but may not be able to post every story.

Personal stories in this guide

Several pages of this guide include personal experiences of people with HIV and hepatitis C coinfection:

• Newly diagnosed with hepatitis C
• Drug use and hepatitis C
• Mother to child transmission of hepatitis C
• New hepatitis C infections in HIV-positive gay men
• Long-term coinfection from blood products and injecting drug use
• Liver biopsy and the alternatives
• Hepatitis C treatment: how, why, when
• Side effects and management strategies
• Deciding whether to treat hepatitis C
• Advantages of using hepatitis C treatment
• Advantages of delaying treatment

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This is the web edition of the i-Base guide Hepatitis C for people living with HIV: testing, coinfection, treatment and support. This guide is available in UK clinics. You can order free printed copies or download a PDF version (657 Kb).

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