Baby Boomers
Recommended to Get Hepatitis C Test
I
came across this article on line after hearing a radio commercial for getting a
Hepatitis C Shot for anyone born between the years 1945 through 1965. So
I thought I'd do some research to understand why. Here is what the
article said. My comments are at the end.
If
you’re a baby boomer, getting tested for hepatitis C would be a wise decision
because boomers are five times more likely to have this virus than other
generations, and most people that have it don’t realize it. Those that are
infected are at very high risk of eventually developing liver cancer, cirrhosis
or other fatal liver diseases. Here’s what else you should know.
CDC Recommendations
The
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that all
Americans born from 1945 through 1965 get a hepatitis C test. The reason is
because baby boomers account for 75 percent of the 3 million or so hepatitis C
cases in the U.S., even though they make up only 27 percent of the total
population.
Most
hepatitis C infections occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, before there were tests
to detect them and before the nation’s blood supply was routinely screened for
the virus.
Hepatitis
C is transmitted only through... To read more, click here
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