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In Clinical Trial- Read more
IFN-alpha-XL versus
PegIntron
INF-alpha-XL is a "molecular
transporter" that, when attached to the nanosponge, carries it and its
cargo across biological barriers into specific intracellular
compartments that are very difficult places for most drugs to reach.
VA Treatment Protocal
flow sheet for patients with cirrhosis
From One Vet to Another....
Recipes
for Healthy Living & Healing
Veterans Are Under Fire And Account For More
"Daily Dead", Than Vietnam, Iraq And Afghanistan Combined.
THE SILENT EPIDEMIC AMONG RETIRED MILITARY
AND VETERANS CAUSED BY A MUTE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE
Hepatitis C Patients BEWARE of Belly Fat
Belly Fat May Bring on Diabetes and Heart Disease
Belly fat can lead to inflammation, insulin resistance
and other metabolic problems.
Hepatitis C is a result of receiving immunizations in service by
means of a multi-use jet gun injector.
CONCLUSION OF LAW
Hepatitis C was incurred in service. 38 U.S.C.A. § 1131
(West 2002); 38 C.F.R. § 3.102, 3.303 (2005).
Test the Rest" of the
Military Vets that do not attent VA clinics! Bumper
stickers with a warning for "ALL" Vets to get tested.
The
Blood, Plasma, and Related Programs in the Korean War
A plasma program was also developed which later had to be
discontinued because of the risk of serum hepatitis associated with
plasma infusions (p. 776). The production of human serum albumin was
substituted for the production of plasma and was supplemented by the
production of plasma expanders (the so-called blood substitutes of World
War II).
New Data on Viral Hepatitis and Related Complications
The Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2006 conference took
place May 20-25, 2006..... presents the latest research in the field of
gastroenterology and digestive diseases,....This report highlights...the
most important and clinically relevant new data related to hepatitis C,
hepatitis B, and fatty liver disease presented at the meeting. Each
presentation is briefly summarized, followed by commentary from the
faculty on its implications.
Cerebral Metabolic and Neuropsychiatric Effects Of
Pegylated Interferon( PIFN) therapy in Hepatitis C
This study demonstrates
neuronal preservation and reduced glial activation following 12 weeks of
successful PIFN therapy and increases the evidence for HCV cerebral
infection. However, HCV clearance is offset by cognitive decline and
reduced QOL. Novel and neuroprotective agents may play a future role in
preventing cognitive dysfunction during treatment with Pegulated
Interferon.
Detection of hepatitis C virus in the nasal
secretions "..this is the
first study to demonstrate the presence of HCV in the nasal
secretions.... While this finding does not confirm internasal viral
transmission, it does lend virological support to previous
indications that intranasal drug use poses a risk by confirming an
important precondition for this route of infection. Additionally,
detection of HCV in nasal secretions advances the debate regarding
potential iatrogenic and nosocomial transmission of HCV in the
context of ENT practices...."
Calling all Military Veterans and family living with Hepatitis C
Alert
The VA is making Veterans prove for service connection, they
received Jetgun injections during boot camp, especially Korean war
claims. HCVets has a collection of pictures from many different branches
of service. Please add your pictures from camp year books. Email to
HCVets@aol.com
We're also collecting pictures of any mass vaccinations with reused
needles/vials and picture of medical/dental personal not wearing gloves
to help those needing evidence.
View Boot Camp Pictures Submitted
The photographs will be used in a
campaign to help make Hepatitis C a
PRESUMED SERVICE CONNECTED DISEASE
No more proving how you were infected!
HCV Virus A Major Public Health Issue For Veterans
Affairs July 2005-
Another concern that has been voiced by veterans is possible
exposure from the use of jet injectors (air gun injectors) in
immunization during training-concerns that came to public attention
frequently in the late 1990s. While VA says that there has been no
documented case of hepatitis C being transmitted by a jet gun injection,
they admit it is biologically plausible. "In
boot camps and basic training, apparently people stood in long lines to
get inoculations and these jet injectors were used and people described
bloody arms and it's easy to imagine that equipment that's misused could
have become contaminated," Dr. Rigsby said.
Hepatitis C virus linked
to non-hodgkin's lymphoma Patients infected with the
hepatitis C virus (HCV) are six times as likely to develop non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma (NHL) than individuals that are virus free, according to
research.......
Hepatitis C Treatments and Your
Eyes In conclusion, considering the high
frequency of ophthalmologic damage and the risk of potentially severe
symptomatic ocular lesions under IFN therapy, we recommend performing
regular fundoscopic examinations in all patients, particularly during
the first three months of treatment.
Detection
and Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Dried Blood Spots Stored at
Room Temperature
To test the suitability of DBS for HCV genotyping, a
replicate set of DBS from the eight patients with known genotype,
stored at room temperature for 11 months, was extracted as for
RT-PCR and genotyped by using the Line Probe assay (Bayer Diagnostic
Inc.). The genotype, determined in all tested DBS, was in agreement
with that obtained on frozen serum samples.
Hepatitis C
/HIV Coinfection Management and Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus
Infection in HIV-Infected Adults: Recommendations from the Veterans
Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and National Hepatitis C
Program Office
2006 VA HEALTH, INCOME AND OTHER BENEFITS
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Income and Asset Rules For VA
Pensions
Disability Standards For VA Pensions
VA Medical Care Eligibility and Enrollment
Upgrading Bad
Conduct, Dishonorable, Less-Than-Honorable & Undesirable
Discharges; Having Discharges Reclassified To Being For
Disability or Hardship
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Preparing to treat a
patient with hepatitis C, it is imperative to be exact and
thorough when taking the patient history and performing a physical
examination to minimize the potential for an autoimmune disorder
HCV does not transmit by IV drug abuse easily, despite repeated
exposure.
Viral
evolution of hepatitis C in injection drug users. ...Thus,
patients with ongoing or prior HCV infection appear to develop immunity
that protects against further infection with HCV despite repeated
exposure. PMID: 16255758 [PubMed - in process]
Breaches in safe-injection practices
CDC recommendations. How many were not practiced on you?
...Fourteen patients reported breaches in safe-injection
practices by the practitioner, including 1) failure to practice hand
hygiene, 2) failure to prepare the skin with an antiseptic, 3) failure
to wipe vials with alcohol before injection, and 4) failure to wear
gloves. Of 11 patients who could recall, all reported use of a new
needle; however, nine patients reported use of a multidose vial.
HCV Found in Autopsy
Brain Tissue-
Emerging evidence of hepatitis C virus neuroinvasion
A
Bait-and-Switch Charity - The Scandalous History of the Red Cross-Charity
Navigator gives the Red Cross a Five Star Rating - yet the history of
this corporatized organization tells a story of unparalleled corruption.
...The leading administrators and officials of the Red Cross are almost
always drawn from the corporate boardroom or the military high command.
Among the past chairs and presidents of the Red Cross are seven former
generals or admirals and one ex-president.
Prevalence
of antibodies to Hepatitis C virus
among Nigerian patients with HIV infection Fifth decade of life had the
highest HCV infection
Why
interferon induction therapy has been a failure - Bennet D.
Cecil, MD
Hepatitis C Epidemiology in
Military and Veteran Populations:
Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference, March 7, 1990 (1991)
Institute of
Medicine
Yellow Fever Vaccine-Associated Hepatitis Epidemic During World War II:
Follow-up More Than 40 Years Later
Do You
Have Insulin Resistance?.
Increase your odds at SVR (clearing the virus!)
Silvia Hinojosa-Price, RN, asks Zobair Younossi, M.D., M.P.H. Director,
Center for Liver Diseases, Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program,
questions related to insulin resistance in advanced liver disease, as
well as lower response to antiviral therapy.
Approximate Time line for
Hepatitis
- 1936
- Theiler uses Pasteur's Process to pass Yellow Fever through Mice
brains, rather than rabbits. (rearrangements in RNA genomes PMID:
7596811)
American Society of Microbiology June, 1999 Several Huge
Lawsuits Pending Over Tainted Blood in
Canada One available source of such plasma was Health Management
Associates (HMA), a private company which ceased operations in 1994.
...acquired blood plasma from prisoners,
.... had been officially terminated in 1971 in Canada-- and in 1982 in
the United States ....NOT SO … prison plasma pumped through 1994 in BOTH
Arkansas and Louisiana under Liddy Dole's "revamped"
blood system].
Nonetheless, prisoners at the Department of Corrections unit in Grady,
Ark., some of whom had symptoms ... were still permitted to donate
plasma. "Unbelievably, the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] allowed
the high-risk plasma to be exported to Canada .....
Krever Commission Report On November 26, 1997, Health Minister Allan
Rock, on behalf of the federal government, released the final report of
the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (Krever
Commission).
The Global
Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States
Some of the hardest hit countries in Sub-Saharan Africa--and possibly
later in South and Southeast Asia--will face a demographic upheaval as
HIV/AIDS and associated diseases reduce human life expectancy by as much
as 30 years and kill as many as a quarter of their populations over a
decade or less, producing a huge orphan cohort.
C& P exams- Vets- make sure the physician performing
your Compensation and Pension exam has your medical records. We have
Reports these exams are not required to have current records and in some
cases don't request them.
Read
more here
House
bill addresses PTSD- The bill follows a
report last month in Knight Ridder Newspapers showing that the
assessment - known as a "rating" - that veterans receive for
post-traumatic stress disorder is far higher in some regional offices
than in others.
Devastating
consequences of PTSD
Among combat veterans the significance of this
extends to a decrease in alcoholism and illicit drug abuse; a decrease
in domestic instability with an improved ability to maintain both
marital and social relationships; greater work productivity with a
lessened dependency on government support; and a decrease in future
utilization of medical services (especially for psychiatric issues).
February 28, 2005
Plan Backfires- VBA Fast Letter Boost
Claims
The letter works to the Veterans advantage
because it acknowledges possible ways for transmitting the virus
previously denied by the VA claims adjusters.
Claims that are pending or previously denied, should consider this as
critical evidence to include.
Hepatitis
C - A Medical & Psychiatric Disorder-
Recommendation- It is critical for physicians and
counselors to quickly recognize the pre-existing depression, or
depression caused by Hepatitis C or the side effects of HCV
pharmacologic therapy! They must be treated with supportive therapy,
modification of doses of interferon and psychiatric medications. Failure
to do so may result in limitation of therapy, noncompliance with therapy
and serious personal, interpersonal and mental health consequences
How infectious are dead bodies?
The
human body is host to many organisms, only some of which are
pathogenic. When the body dies, the environment in which pathogens
live can no longer sustain them. However, this does not happen
immediately, and transmission of infectious agents from a cadaver to
a living person may occur.
Service Connection for Hep C as a sexually transmitted disease
"Quote" from Claim
"While the veteran thus does not currently suffer from a venereal
disease, it appears that
there is clearly intent on the part of Congress and VA to remove
from the definition of willful misconduct diseases which are the
residuals of sexual contact. It would thus appear to be contrary to the
spirit, if not the letter, of the law to allow service connection
for syphilis but deny service connection for Hepatitis C when it has been demonstrated that
the latter has been incurred as a result of sexual contact. The Board therefore concludes
that in this case the veteran's Hepatitis C may be likened to
venereal disease and therefore falls outside of the statutory
misconduct prohibition."
Citation Nr:
0300489 Decision Date: 01/09/03
Add to your claim- admission by the Air Force the jet
guns were bloody
click here
Vaccines in the Military
Department of Defense- Wide review of Vaccine Policies and
Procedures
Read excerpt- Page 60 in particular says, "Of note is
that the AFEB made a site visit to the MTF at Parris Island and
directly observed high volume recruit immunization using jet injectors.
It was noted that jet injector nozzles were frequently contaminated with
blood, yet sterilization practices were frequently inadequate or not
followed." View complete report at
http://www.ha.osd.mil/afeb/reports/vaccines.pdf
[Code of Federal
Regulations] [Title 38, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR3.309]
[Page 238-242]
TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
PART 3--ADJUDICATION--Table of Contents
Subpart A--Pension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation
Sec. 3.309 Disease subject to
presumptive service connection
Thanks AL:) In combination with
documented transmission of hepatitis C by many methods during
service, makes Hepatitis C a presumptive service connection.
Read More
Evidence
of jetgun contamination
Multiply
Injection Inculcator Instruments Manufacture patents for
the Pet-o-Jet gun injector used in military settings.
This
reads as a tacit admission of knowing problems with
jet injectors existed.
This is dated NOVEMBER 1998
http://www-nehc.med.navy.mil/prevmed/epi/BUMED25NOV98.txt
(((Thanks Roger))))
Screening
for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahrq.gov
Chapter 3.
Results
Does screening for hepatitis C reduce the risk or rate of harm and
premature death and disability? We identified no randomized trials
or observational studies comparing outcomes between patients in the
general adult population or high-risk subpopulations screened and
not screened for hepatitis C. Although blood donors are routinely
screened for HCV infection in order to insure the safety of
transfused blood products, we also searched for studies
demonstrating improvement in clinical outcomes in volunteer blood
donors screened versus those not screened, and found none.
TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS FROM A PATIENT
TO AN ANESTHESIOLOGY ASSISTANT TO FIVE PATIENTS
Note: The following studies documents virus transmission from a patient to
an anesthesiologists to a other patients without identifiable breaks in
universal precautions. All avenues of transmission that the medical
profession are aware of, did NOT apply. They do not know how the HCV
virus was transmitted. Resent development in testing has provided
proof they are the exact same source infection.
11th Annual Retrocirus Conference
(CROI-Conference on Retroviruses and
Opportunistic Infections) San Francisco Feb 8-11, 2004 Reported by Jules
Levin - PegIntron Plus Ribaivin in
HCV/HIV Coinfection: French RIBAVIC Study
ACTG 5071: Pegasys plus Ribavirin vs IFN/RBV in
HCV/HIV Coinfection - (02/19/04)
April 5, 1948 letter from C.J. Watson, M.D., Army
Epidemiological Board to Dr. McLeod, with a copy to
Dr. Stokes and others.......the matter of using volunteers in penal
institutions for experimentation, with particular reference to hepatitis.
The Connection Between Hepatitis C and Autoimmune Disorders
Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV)
can lead to autoimmune hepatitis in a minority of patients. This means
that the liver cells are damaged not only by the virus but also by the
body's own immune system.
Nine times more likely-
Tattoos have many health risks as well. According to a CNN report, people
with tattoos are nine times more likely to carry the hepatitis C
infection. The general population has an infection rate of 3.5 percent
versus a 33 percent infection rate for those with tattoos, states a March
2001 journal article in Medicine.
SIDE EFFECTS OF PAIN MEDICATIONS
The intended effect of pain medications is obvious, to relieve pain.
However, desired effects are sometimes accompanied by side effects that
may be bothersome or even problematic themselves, and may involve various
organ systems.
Live
donor liver transplantation
(LDLT)
is a procedure in which a living person donates a portion of his or her
liver to another. The feasibility of LDLT was first demonstrated in the
United States in 1989. The recipient was a child, who received a segment
of his mother's liver. Since that time, LDLT for children has enjoyed wide
success and many pediatric programs use this technique.
Anti-HCV antibodies are detectable in gingival crevicular fluid from HCV
positive subjects.
Results of the present study confirmed the very high sensitivity and
specificity (100%) of the test when applied on whole blood, while no
efficacy has been showed to reveal anti-HCV antibodies in any sample of
whole saliva. As far as gingival crevicular fluid is concerned, anti-HCV
antibodies were detected in 12 out of 15 samples from HCV positive
subjects (80%) suggesting that HCV virus in the same way of anti-HCV
antibodies may enter the mouth through the gingival crevicular fluid and
then spread outside the mouth via saliva.
Nosocomial
transmission of bloodborne viruses from infected health care workers to
patients
1991 CDC published recommendations
for preventing HIV and HBV transmission to patients, which included the
recommendation that HCWs who are infected with HIV or HBV
(and HBeAg positive, a marker of higher infectivity) should not perform
exposure-prone procedures unless they have sought counsel from an expert
review panel (5). In 1998, Health Canada published guidelines for the
management of HCWs infected with HBV, HCV, and/or HIV (6). Both these
documents generated controversy at the time of their publication. Since
that time, however, several provincial regulatory bodies have formed
committees to advise physicians infected with these bloodborne pathogens (BBPs)
regarding their practice. This article reviews what we know about the
transmission of HBV, HCV and HIV from infected HCWs to patients in medical
and dental settings.
Transmission
of Hepatitis B and C Viruses in Outpatient Settings
Transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV)
and hepatitis C virus (HCV) can occur in health-care settings from
percutaneous or mucosal exposures to blood or other body fluids from an
infected patient or health-care worker. This report summarizes the
investigation of four outbreaks of HBV and HCV infections that occurred in
outpatient health-care settings. The investigation of each outbreak
suggested that unsafe injection practices, primarily reuse of syringes and
needles or contamination of multiple-dose medication vials, led to
patient-to-patient transmission. To prevent transmission of bloodborne
pathogens, all health-care workers should adhere to recommended
standard precautions and fundamental infection-control principles,
including safe injection practices and appropriate aseptic techniques.
Universal precautions, now called standard precautions,
were implemented in
1996
Fibromyalgia
and HCV Biopsies
of Chronic Inflammatory Muscle Disease Show Enterovirus RNA
Specific Extrahepatic
Disorders Tied To Hepatitis C In Large Study
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: From Epidemiology to
Treatment
Hepatitis C
Virus Can Damage the Central Nerve System
Researchers from the Evanovsky Institute of Virology, Russian Science
Academy, found that not only did hepatitis C virus damage the liver and
blood, but that it could also infect neurons and destroy the central nerve
system.....
Studying the physiology of hepatitis C virus, scientists from the
Evanovsky Institute found that viruses similar to the hepatitis C virus
could survive and replicate in the neuron cell. They therefore, they
started to focus their study on the neuron cells.....
New
VA Study
VA HCV treatment and outcomes 2004
Results: Differences in treatment
practice and use of diagnostic procedures were found. Genotype testing was
under-utilized in non-academic sites (academic centres, 79.2%; private
centres, 33.7%; Veterans' Affairs centres, 35.9%; P < 0.001). Liver
biopsies were performed less often in private sites (academic centres,
95.8%; private centres, 80.0%; Veterans' Affairs centres, 92.2%;
P < 0.01). End-of-treatment viral response (academic centres,
40.0%; private centres, 31.3%; Veterans' Affairs centres, 17.2%;
P < 0.05) was lower than that found in published trial data. Multivariate
analysis revealed genotype 1 as the single significant predictor of
treatment failure (P < 0.01).
Update-
DIABETES and
HCV
Presidential Candidacy Questionnaire
As
a candidate for the 2004 Presidential election, we are asking you to
respond to 10 questions concerning the Hepatitis C epidemic. Please make
your answers brief and to the point.
Sufficient Evidence of an Association
The following excerpt is from the
new website set up by the Secretary for the Veterans Administration (VA),
Anthony Principi, and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). It's the
explanation for the categories of evidence including the "sufficient
evidence for an association" for exposure.
The VA & IOM choose not to list Hepatitis C
as a causality of the Vietnam war despite the astronomical numbers of
veterans infected. Disregarding all the other scientific, unbiased
studies, these numbers of infected veterans, in itself, meets the
criteria for "Sufficient Evidence of an Association" so stated below.
Explanation of the Categories of Evidence
Sufficient Evidence of an Association
Evidence is sufficient to conclude that there is a positive
association. That is, a positive association has been observed between
herbicides and the outcome in studies in which chance, bias, and
confounding could be ruled out with reasonable confidence. For example, if
several small studies that are free from bias and confounding show an
association that is consistent in magnitude and direction, there may be
sufficient evidence of an association.
Let Anthony Principi, and the Institute of Medicine know Hepatitis C
should be listed too!!
Contact the Institute of Medicine, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC
20001
iomwww@nas.edu
Tel. 202.334.2352
Fax. 202.334.1412
Sec for the Veterans Administration
Anthony.Principi@mail.va.gov
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever does."
-Margaret Mead
WHO accused of huge HIV
blunder
The WHO's own figures, based on observations in hospitals and clinics,
suggest that up to 75 per cent of injections in parts of south-east Asia
are carried out using unsterilised equipment, compared with just 20 per
cent in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jury
sides with hepatitis C victim The case bolsters
a study done 10 years ago by researchers at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas that found most hepatitis C cases in
Texas — 30 percent — were transmitted through commercial
tattooing........The inspector also observed three tattoo artists
providing services for three hours, but none washed his or her hands
between tattoo applications on separate clients, the investigator's report
said.
DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS CLEVELAND REGIONAL OFFICE Tiger Team Remand
OUTSTANDING NEWS:) Keep the faith and, if you
have not done so, file NOW!!!! TELL THE WORLD-
A rating decision dated Aug 5, 2003 from the Tiger Team
of the Cleveland, Ohio Regional Office awarded a Vietnam Veteran service
connected disability for Hep C as a direct result of the "JET INJECTOR".
The claim was on remand from the BVA and resulted in an award amount of
10%.
Decision on recent Service Connection Claim based solely on the Jet Guns.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,
1975
Federal regulations
violated Contamination problems danger of infection reported at Connaught-
Among the most serious were the "grossly
inadequate" quarters for control testing of Sabin polio vaccine......
"As a result, occasionally control
testing of more than one type of live vaccine is being done at the same
time. No proper separation of tissue cultures was seen, giving rise to
danger of cross-contamination.
Important- Information to
add to or include, when you file or appeal your HCV claim for service
connection and the jet gun injections.
Kansas
City Star Hepatitis C Series
most informative, accurate and comprehensive picture ever portrayed in the
USA about the hepatitis c epidemic.
Bacterial
Spores Survive Treatment with Commercial Sterilants and Disinfectants
The spore survival results shown in Fig. 1 and
2 and Table 1 confirm that general
disinfectants (not specifically labeled for liquid sterilization, like
Cavicide, Clorox, and Lysol) do not kill spores on contaminated devices
and, thus, should never be employed in this capacity.
Soldier
contracts Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(the human form
of Mad Cow Disease)-was it From the fetal calf serum used in vaccines?
June
2003 excerpts from
Federal Laboratory Community online paper
"The challenge was to solve the pathogen transfer problem
while retaining the advantages of the needle-free injector system.
The technology transfer of a Russian-designed protector cap was the
missing link needed to improve the safety found in this needle-free
injector system. This protector cap provides three separate challenges to
any pathogen transfer between patients. Each cap is packaged in a sterile
container and exposed only immediately before injection. The cap is then
disposed of after each use in a biohazard bag." PDF file
http://www.federallabs.org/ContentObjects/News/NewsLink/NewsLinkJune2003.pdf
Example of
The Nexus Letters- the "more
than likely than not" letters needed to prove service connection.
On
a Political Note: The Hepatitis C Epidemic - Why has the hepatitis C epidemic affected Military
Veterans more than civilians?
Jet
guns & Concurrent Receipt Agreement-
final concurrent receipt agreement with Senate
leaders and the White House. What this means to retired non combat HCV
infected veterans.
Liver
Biopsy Step by Step
More on Genotypes and Quasispecies
- How
to tell is infections are from the same source of infection.
Jet Gun Injection updates
Fluid mechanics
analysis of a spring-loaded jet injector.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 1999 Feb;46(2):235-42.
PMID: 9932345; UI: 99131137.
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HEPATITIS B IN CENTRAL AND
EASTERN
EUROPE AND THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES
6-9 October 1996
Report of a meeting organized by the Viral Hepatitis
Prevention Board, the World Health Organization and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
...."use of jet gun injectors with a design fault
that allowed blood to remain inside the equipment."
Safety Testing of Needle Free, Jet
Injection Devices to Detect Contamination with Blood and Other Tissue
Fluids
JAMES M. SWEATa,b,
et.al
"Five different
procedures were used to administer injections to calves and
pigs: (1) following compliance protocol
(device nozzle is swabbed with alcohol between vaccinates)",.............."It
was interesting to note that the amount of backsplash resulting
from injection using a disposable plastic nozzle was slightly
less than that from the metal type"......"If
albumin is detected in test samples (at more than 10 pL/mL),
the conclusion is that the device is responsible for
transmitting volumes of blood sufficient to contain pathogenic
agents."
Risk and Management of Blood-Borne
Infections in Health Care Workers
Elise M. Beltrami,1,*
Ian T. Williams,2 Craig N. Shapiro,2 and
Mary E. Chamberland1
HIV Infections Branch, Hospital Infections
Program,1 and Hepatitis Branch, Division of Viral and
Rickettsial Diseases,2 National Center for Infectious Diseases,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia
The risk that an HCV-infected
individual will transmit the virus may be related to the type and size of
the inoculum and the route of transmission as well as the titer of virus,
but data on the threshold concentration of virus needed to transmit
infection are insufficient. Neither the presence of antibody nor the
presence of HCV RNA is a direct measure of infectivity.
New
Links
Medical Tests Defined-
Comprehensive database of
medical test your doctor may order.
Firebase Adrian the Radio Show
The Firebase Network's Veterans Hour
hosted by Rick Townsend,
Saturday 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Eastern Time
on Genesis Communication Network. ...
Click on the Picture
Welcome to my "Vietnam Picture Tour!" I'm Specialist fourth Class, Gary
Jacobson, a combat infantryman with B co, 2nd of the 7th, First Air
Cavalry in Vietnam...we call ourselves Grunts.
Hepatitis C (HCV) = four times higher rate of infection
than HIV in Sub Saharan Africa. http://www.who.int/docstore/bulletin/pdf/issue10/kane.pdf
<<< Something is very wrong >>>
How did Sub Saharan Africa get so infected with HCV,
since Governments blame the HIV on sex???
 We
know how, jet gun injections:)
Click on Picture to enlarge
Saliva
may have infectious amounts of HCV in presence of high HCV viral load and
gum disease
“This study suggests that the saliva
of individuals infected with hepatitis C may be infectious,” conclude the
investigators, adding that “microscopic amounts of blood in the saliva due
to gum disease may be responsible. People with HCV are cautioned not to
share toothbrushes with other people in their household."
TECTONIC
CHANGES IN DISABILITY LAW
By Joshua Potter, Esq., Pasadena, CA
There have been tectonic changes in the disability environment. By this, I
mean that since the publication of the 1990 fibromyalgia syndrome criteria
by the American College of Rheumatology, and the 1994 statement for
chronic fatigue syndrome by Dr. Fakuda and others at the Center for
Disease Control (CDC), little has changed in the disability landscape.
There have been judicial skirmishes, insurance refinements, but the
largest impact has been in the area of policy interpretation.
The
smallpox vaccine is made from a live virus related to smallpox called
vaccinia
VIG is a human immune globulin made from blood plasma of
people who have gotten the smallpox vaccine more than once (usually many
times).
A Decade of Needlestick Prevention
Lancets are considered a high-risk source of pathogen transmission due to
the direct contact with blood once the device is used....
Remember the lancets used to poke fingers for blood samples and
the techs reused the lancets and did not where gloves? They'd stick
troops then use the little pipettes to get the blood and on to the
next one with the same lancet.
Military admits - Problem with the Jet gun
It is with deep regret we announce today out of
thousands of replies to our question,
"if the technicians wiped
the airguns off before they injected you, please respond to us,"
None of the reply's
confirmed the jet
guns were wiped off before, during or after the use on the troops.
It appears, despite the numerous meetings held by the Epidemiological
Board in March 1988, the boards recommendation that jet injector guns be
used only with authorized military technical parts
and
the instruments must be
sterilized according to standard
procedures, were not carried out,
as the manufactures for all guns call for the guns to be wiped
after each use.
Please read selected comments from the overwhelming response we
received from this report.
THE
SMALLPOX VACCINE
 The smallpox vaccine is not given with a
hypodermic needle. It is not a "shot," like many vaccinations. The vaccine
is given using a bifurcated (two-pronged) needle that is dipped into the
vaccine solution. When removed, the needle retains a droplet of the
vaccine. The needle is then used to quickly prick the skin 15 times in a
few seconds. The pricking is not deep, but it will cause a sore spot and
one or two drops of blood to form. The vaccine usually is given in the
upper arm.
Update Military's
Hepatitis C Risk Low, But DoD Still Concerned (corrected copy)
Jet
Guns were always cleaned between injections of the Military troops!
Quote: It = jet gun injectors
MR. HARRINGTON: Not necessarily. It was used by the Army for 35
years and it was always wiped. Never had an issue. Good tracking
system. And there's nothing recorded in the world that says that it
wasn't wiped. It's in a study that was presented using a method that
isn't approved, it was not wiped and it said oh, we can contaminate 31 out
of 100...
....What I'm saying to you is we believe that there are
situations--the U.S. military for 35 years used the product
appropriately. There was never an indicated transmission of hepatitis.
Certainly they follow cases of hepatitis in the U.S. military.
UPDATE
THE
ARMED FORCES EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BOARD
PART III
Military's
Hepatitis C Risk Low, But DoD Still Concerned (corrected copy)
Military's Hepatitis C Risk Low, But DoD Still Concerned (corrected
copy)
Mazzuchi said, "In fact, a nationwide alert by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention of a possible Hepatitis C epidemic "is really
more of an epidemic of discovering what was," he said." "The actual
number of new cases is declining."
Ribavirin & Bone damage
.....combination of the anti-hepatitis-C nuke
ribavirin with interferon-alpha had an increased risk of developing
thinning bones compared to other people with hepatitis C who used
interferon only.
The Dangers of Interferon
Central nervous system adverse reactions have been reported in a number of
patients. These reactions included decreased mental status, dizziness,
impaired memory, agitation, manic behavior and psychotic reactions. More
severe obtundation and coma have been rarely observed. Most of these
abnormalities were mild and reversible within a few days to 3 weeks upon
dose reduction or discontinuation of Roferon-A therapy. Careful periodic
neuropsychiatric monitoring of all patients is recommended.
What
is a RNA Virus?
There are in fact two kinds
of RNA viruses - those that have a "sense" strand of RNA (coded
information about how to build proteins) as their genetic material, and
those that have an "antisense" strand (the paired opposite of the coded
information). Hepatitis C is of the "sense" type.
Advances in Therapy
Combination treatment with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin is now
considered the therapy of choice for newly treated hepatitis C patients.
This regimen leads to SVR rates of 42% to 51% in patients infected with
HCV genotype 1 and 76% to 80% in those infected with genotypes 2 and 3.
THE
ARMED FORCES EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BOARD
PART III
From Hepatitis C Movement for Awareness
THE ARMED FORCES EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BOARD
Its First Fifty Years
by Theodore E. Woodward, M.D.
During these discussions, the Board leaned heavily on Dr. Saul Krugman
for advice and guidance. His broad and authoritative experience in the
fields of hepatitis and its control by hepatitis vaccines has made him
an important resource, not only for the Board, but also for the nation.
Problem with the Jet Injector Gun
During a Board meeting in June 1986, Captain Michael Stek, Jr., MC, USN,
presented data and press clippings that suggested that a contaminated
jet injector gun, which had been used at a private clinic in California
in 1985, was responsible for causing hepatitis in sixty-four patients.
The possibility was also raised that HIV infection might be transmitted
by the jet gun when biological products, such as gamma globulin, were
administered. After numerous meetings, the Board recommended, in March
1988,
that the jet injector gun be used only with authorized
military technical parts and that it be sterilized
according to standard procedures
Rating
PTSD and other Mental disorders
Complete
info on Rating PTSD and other Mental disorders
DIABETES
and HCV
General Practitioners must be made aware!
"HCV infection were more than 11 times as likely as those without
HCV infection to develop diabetes"
Hepatology. 2003 Jul;38(1):50-6.
Hepatitis C virus infection and incident type 2 diabetes.
Vaccination
and autoimmune disease: what is the evidence?
Trends
in hepatitis C and HIV infection among inmates entering prisons in
California, 1994 versus 1999
AIDS November 2002; 16(16):2236-2238 "one in three male and one in four female inmates
infected with HCV represents a serious public health concern. Control of
HIV and HCV requires primary and secondary harm-reduction interventions
targeted at correctional populations effectively to reduce risk behaviors
during incarceration and after release. Our findings for African American
inmates (i.e. the highest HIV prevalence in 1999 among both men and women;
the highest HCV prevalence in 1999 among women, and the increase in HCV
prevalence from 1994 to 1999 among men) strongly suggest that culturally
appropriate interventions must be developed specifically for African
American prisoners."
Red
Cross Under Fire "FDA
inspectors found more than 200 safety violations by the Red Cross. And as
CBS News Correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports, many of the violations
were offenses the Red Cross has repeatedly been ordered to fix. "
Sir
"Although IDUs are at increased risk
of HCV infection,3 this continuous increase in HCV infection
among IDUs, despite the needle and syringe exchange programme, is a cause
for concern....A culturally sensitive behavioural intervention is urgently
needed to protect this IDU community from HCV infection."
Cutter
goes to trial
Cutter ran the prison
labs that collected and sold blood illegally to Canada. Along with Baxter,
developed the process to produce immune globulin. These products were used
in many situations to induces immediate but short lived immunity.
Hepatitis B and Smallpox are examples.
The formula
to produce immune globulins has changed five times, twice in the sixties
early seventies.
New Study Finds No Link of Rare Brain Disease to
Infected Blood
Veteran's
Statements
My name is Nadia. My husband was a Marine
in the Vietnam War from 1971 thru 1974. Serving both in the Asian Theatre
and state side. He never questioned his country while serving her. He was
very proud and honored to have served......"Being a paper keeper and well
versed with Hepatitis C, I began to request all of his records. Liver
Functions were very questionable. And then there's the AFP levels. I was
told that having a 143 AFP was only slightly elevated, nothing to worry
about. (0 - 8 ref range) I can't begin to stress enough that all of you
need to demand for this test to be performed. My husband was finally
referred to Oncology in April 2003. Needless to say, my husband lost his
life, (May 29, 2003) all thanks to the VA. FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE, FAILURE TO
PREVENT, SURGICAL INTERVENTION, LATE DIAGNOSIS, AND MISDIAGNOSIS
DIMINISHED HIS CHANCE ."
The
extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in
Vietnam The first large-scale US
military defoliation took place in Camp Drum, New York, in 1959, using
Agent Purple (a 50:50 mixture of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T) and a spray system
which was the model for those used in Vietnam. |
