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Hepatitis C: Appetite Loss
Hepatitis C: Appetite Loss
My mother started the Pegasys/Ribavirin hepatitis C treatment 2 months
ago. She is 50 years, about 5'7 and weighted about 140lbs at the
start of the treatment. After starting the treatment, she completely
lost her appetite causing her to lose about 20 lbs in a span of 2
months. She is unable to eat more than a few bites at a time and gets
nauseated if she forces herself to eat more. I worry that, at this
rate, she will lose too much weight and will not be able to endure the
rest of the year long treatment. Is there any herbal/natural appetite
enhancing supplements that she can take? Is there any medication that
hepatitis C patients going through this treatment take to fight
severe weight/appetite loss?
P.S. Her current diet mainly consists of small portions of fish,
organic chicken, grapes & vegetables and is completely devoid of red
meat.
Any advice is very much appreciated.
-Concerned Son
Hepatitis C: Appetite Loss
My mother started the Pegasys/Ribavirin hepatitis C treatment 2 months
ago. She is 50 years, about 5'7 and weighted about 140lbs at the
start of the treatment. After starting the treatment, she completely
lost her appetite causing her to lose about 20 lbs in a span of 2
months. She is unable to eat more than a few bites at a time and gets
nauseated if she forces herself to eat more. I worry that, at this
rate, she will lose too much weight and will not be able to endure the
rest of the year long treatment. Is there any herbal/natural appetite
enhancing supplements that she can take? Is there any medication that
hepatitis C patients going through this treatment take to fight
severe weight/appetite loss?
P.S. Her current diet mainly consists of small portions of fish,
organic chicken, grapes & vegetables and is completely devoid of red
meat.
Any advice is very much appreciated.
-Concerned Son
Hepatitis C: Appetite Loss
Re: Hepatitis C: Appetite Loss
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:23:46 -0000, homdi62765 <zejli.amine@gmail . com > wrote:
>My mother started the Pegasys/Ribavirin hepatitis C treatment 2 months
>ago. She is 50 years, about 5'7 and weighted about 140lbs at the
>start of the treatment. After starting the treatment, she completely
>lost her appetite causing her to lose about 20 lbs in a span of 2
>months. She is unable to eat more than a few bites at a time and gets
>nauseated if she forces herself to eat more. I worry that, at this
>rate, she will lose too much weight and will not be able to endure the
>rest of the year long treatment. Is there any herbal/natural appetite
>enhancing supplements that she can take? Is there any medication that
>hepatitis C patients going through this treatment take to fight
>severe weight/appetite loss?
>
>P.S. Her current diet mainly consists of small portions of fish,
>organic chicken, grapes & vegetables and is completely devoid of red
>meat.
>
>Any advice is very much appreciated.
Well, the omission of red meat is a good thing for people with compromised
livers - and especially for anyone with HCV. Red meat brings a lot of iron
into the body, and iron is like rocket fuel for the virus.
As you multi-posted instead of cross-posting, you'll have to read my reply to
your thread on the a.s.h.-c group....
Cheers
/greyhackles
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:23:46 -0000, homdi62765 <zejli.amine@gmail . com > wrote:
>My mother started the Pegasys/Ribavirin hepatitis C treatment 2 months
>ago. She is 50 years, about 5'7 and weighted about 140lbs at the
>start of the treatment. After starting the treatment, she completely
>lost her appetite causing her to lose about 20 lbs in a span of 2
>months. She is unable to eat more than a few bites at a time and gets
>nauseated if she forces herself to eat more. I worry that, at this
>rate, she will lose too much weight and will not be able to endure the
>rest of the year long treatment. Is there any herbal/natural appetite
>enhancing supplements that she can take? Is there any medication that
>hepatitis C patients going through this treatment take to fight
>severe weight/appetite loss?
>
>P.S. Her current diet mainly consists of small portions of fish,
>organic chicken, grapes & vegetables and is completely devoid of red
>meat.
>
>Any advice is very much appreciated.
Well, the omission of red meat is a good thing for people with compromised
livers - and especially for anyone with HCV. Red meat brings a lot of iron
into the body, and iron is like rocket fuel for the virus.
As you multi-posted instead of cross-posting, you'll have to read my reply to
your thread on the a.s.h.-c group....
Cheers
/greyhackles
