“At that point, you have to start thinking out of the box.”The neurologist ordered sophisticated blood tests. But Wells was clearly infected with hepatitis C, a potentially fatal disease that can cause liver cancer. Before 2014, there were no oral medicines specifically approved to treat hepatitis C, which was discovered in 1989. Wells turned out to have a rare disorder caused by hepatitis C known as Type 2 mixed cryoglobulinemia. She wonders how many other people might have simmering hepatitis C infections or cryoglobulinemia, without knowing it.

Source: thestar September 03, 2017 17:37 UTC