Mother and son fight everyday against hepatitis "C"

The hepatitis "C" virus (HCV) upset Ms. Castellot's family because she only invaded her body, but that of her son, this difficult episode, left him an important cause for which she struggles with the day still coping with cirrhosis.

Miriam Castellot Canto, was infected by a transfusion in the year 1972, was diagnosed until 2006, because his gynecologist had heard about hepatitis "C" in a congress . 19659002] It was a difficult diagnosis because in those years, the disease was not as well known, doctors did not find the cause of their headaches, joints, hip, among others , apparently she had nothing. 19659002] They even sent her to the psychiatrist to rule out that it was something psychological, until she found a doctor who interested him because he was little known, Mario Lomelí.

He was therefore given an interferon-based treatment. a very critical time for your health for all the side effects.

Treatment and illness caused hypothyroidism, severe skin problems, ulcer, many of the manifestations still have, some sequelae such as thyroid damage and

"These are things that the patient can not accept, he had to get a lot of help from the family, he spent a year and a half and the viral loads remained positive, while he was 30 years old with the disease ". Castellot

"I finished the treatment and I realized that my son was tired, more than usual, we tested him and tested positive for HCV he was successful to eliminate the virus without sequelae, it was saved by Interferon ",

So many years resulting in positive HCV, caused cirrhosis, which ensures for the moment that is controlled, thanks to its good state, was that he was pursuing his life to fight for respect for the rights of the HC V positive, creating the organization "Self-Help for a Better Life"

Discrimination

HCV positives are affected not only in their health, but in social integration, since they are repeated He recalled that on one occasion he had been a victim of discrimination, because that at the airport, they did not want to let him get on the plane, at the check-up, they opened his suitcase where they found brochures and articles on the disease. HCV, since I was going to a convention.
"The filter looks at me and asks me" But you do not have hepatitis C? "I say, and he says," And bring your doctor's letter. Can you travel without infecting? " "I said, it's hepatitis C," well, so much worse, "he replied, he did not want to let me get on the plane."

He had to talk to several supervisors there was a reason why they would not let her get on the plane, because the disease is transmitted by blood and badual intercourse.

"If this is done to a person who knows nothing about the disease, they send it to the hole, they send it to a depression, that is the discrimination I have had, but many who know until work have been abducted, "he said.

For a year and a half through major medical insurance managed to access the new drug called Epclusa, took a year in which they gave it to him, nowadays he is already cured, but still maintains the consequences of disease.

Cirrhosis is one of the consequences she was diagnosed in 2015, she is controlled because she no longer has the virus that the attack, her tissues may have recovered a little .

He added that anyone with If you want to take the test for free, you can go on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 in the auditorium of the Almater Hospital on Madero Street between the streets "B" and "C" as part of World HCV Day.