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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Austin Liver Foundation promotes use of revolutionary 10 minute Hepatitis C test

1. Get C Tested
Austin Liver Foundation is actively promoting the wide spread availability of a new and revolutionary 10 minute Hepatitis C test.


We provide various screening opportunities to the general public in targeted areas through our health fairs, clinics and numerous events with a quick finger prick test with immediate results. We hope to incorporate these testing sites at multiple clinics and relevant locations. 

One in four of the 4,000,000 people in the United States with Hepatitis C don't know they have it. 

Now everyone and anyone will be able to easily find out if they have contracted this often fatal disease. This empowering knowledge will make it possible to both implement lifestyle changes and seek lifesaving treatment.

Promoting empowerment means the opportunity to determine The future of your life. Getting tested for Hepatitis C is the first step in shaping that future.

If you care about yourself and those that you love, you need to get tested.


Here's why. Arguably, untreated Hepatitis C will eventually kill those that are infected  (Unless they die from some other type of illness first).



Since 1992, When the first and very complex test for Hepatitis C was developed, the US blood supply has become safe from contamination. 

Unlike other common viruses, Hepatitis C is a rare RNA virus and very difficult to kill. It remains alive in dried blood for a very long time. It is almost impossible to eliminate outside of the clinical environment. 

Although contamination is limited by blood to blood transmission, those that have it can unintentionally spread it. It only takes a drop. 

Due to universal testing of donated blood supply, one of the major remaining sources of contamination is certain recreational drug use. Both IV Drug use and the seemingly benign "nasal snorting" are major sources for spreading the virus. Traces of blood on the nasal straw and small amounts of blood contaminated materials that fall out of the nose, can easily transmit the virus. 

Sharing needles, preparation containers and straws can easily give Hepatitis C to everybody in the room.


There are other sources the permit unintended transmission between infected individuals and their family and friends. The tenacity of the Hepatitis C virus makes personal objects like; razors, toothbrushes, tweezers and manicure Implements easy vectors for spreading the virus unintentionally. 

Now everyone can learn if they have Hepatitis C in 5 minutes.



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