HCSP Fact Sheet: Your Medical History
This information sheet provides ideas for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) on how to prepare for an appointment to maximize your time with a new health care professional.
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HCSP Fact Sheet: The Medical Alphabet
This information sheet is to inform people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) what medical occupation abbreviations and acronyms mean, as well as information about HCV medical specialties.
HCSP Fact Sheet: Tips for Lowering Prescription Drug Costs
This information sheet provides a list of cost-saving tips that people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) can incorporate when purchasing medications.
HCSP Fact Sheet: Calling Your Medical Provider
This information sheet gives tips to help hepatitis patients to deal with frustration they may face when trying to reach their medical provider.
HCSP Fact Sheet: Choosing a Medical Provider
This information sheet gives tips to help hepatitis patients find a new doctor or other medical professional. It provides tips on what to say on the phone and how to research the doctor's background.
HCSP Fact Sheet: Getting Organized for the Health of It
This information sheet provides tips for hepatitis C patients on what medical documents are important to keep copies of.
HCSP Fact Sheet: Maximizing Your Medical Appointments
This information sheet provides 19 ideas for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) to maximize their doctor's appointments. Ideas include making a list of talking items beforehand, taking notes, bringing someone with you, asking a lot of questions, keeping an open mind, and describing symptoms clearly.
HCSP Fact Sheet: Medical Appointments
This information sheet provides a variety of tips in setting up medical appointments for people with hepatitis C virus (HCV).
HCSP Fact Sheet: An Overview of Extrahepatic Manifestations of Hepatitis C
This information sheet discusses extrahepatic manifestation, which means diseases or conditions that affect organs other than the liver when someone has hepatitis C virus (HCV). It explains how extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C can be found in the skin, eyes, joints, immune system, nervous system and kidneys. The fact sheet provides a list of these conditions and states that some of these conditions are more common and well-documented, while others are infrequent or their association with hepatitis C has not yet been proven.
HCSP Fact Sheet: Hepatitis A (HAV): What You Need to Know
This information sheet describes hepatitis A, a disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV), which is a picornavirus that enters the blood stream via the intestines. It explains that HAV is the most common type of viral hepatitis in the United States with an estimated 3,000 new infections annually. It discusses prevention, transmission, symptoms, treatment and the HAV vaccine.