{"id":1022,"date":"2024-11-01T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost.localdomain\/wpmu\/guides\/?page_id=1022"},"modified":"2024-11-25T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:13:00","slug":"finding-out-you-have-hcv-and-getting-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/hepc\/finding-out-you-have-hcv-and-getting-support","title":{"rendered":"Finding out you have HCV \u2013 and getting support\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Finding out you have HCV<\/h2>\n<p><b>Your response to dealing with HCV might vary depending on whether this is a recent or long-standing diagnosis, and whether or not you have been HIV positive for a long time too.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>If both diagnoses are new, then getting support for HIV might be more important than for HCV. Or if you have been HIV positive for a long time, some of ways you coped with HIV might help you now.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever your circumstances, it is likely to help to be able to talk about how you feel. Often, connecting with people who have gone through similar experiences can help.<\/p>\n<h2>Recently acquired hep C in gay men<\/h2>\n<p><b>For many years, most cases of recently acquired HCV in people living with HIV have been among gay men.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The majority of these cases occurred from sexual exposure. This raised new issues of disclosure that was often difficult because of prejudice and fear over HCV.<\/p>\n<p>Early treatment can cure HCV and reduce further transmission.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But being cured once does not protect against HCV reinfection.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Long-term HIV\/HCV coinfection<\/h2>\n<p><b>It is common for people who became HIV positive through blood products or injecting drug use to also have HCV.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Importantly, DAAs mean that most people with long-term HCV can now be cured.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding out you have HCV Your response to dealing with HCV might vary depending on whether this is a recent or long-standing diagnosis, and whether or not you have been HIV positive for a long time too.\u00a0 If both diagnoses &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18031,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1022\/revisions\/18031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}