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Results of a new and promising study show that a supplement made from blueberry leaves could help treat hepatitis C. Researchers from Japan found that beneficial chemicals in blueberry leaves can stop replication of the heptatitis C virus.
So far, treatment of hepatitis C yields standard results that are fairly successful, but with no guarantees. The hepatitis virus can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer.
Hepatitis C, spread from dirty needles, at unsanitary tatto parlors, and from body fluids, affects 200 million individuals worldwide.
Researchers at the University of Miyazaki and elsewhere in Japan found that a particular type of blueberry leaf shows much promise for treatment of hepatitis C from the leaves of rabbit-eye blueberry (native to the southeastern US).
The researchers found that by purifying the chemical compound proanthocyandin, found in blueberry leaves, a safe and effective supplement could be developed to help treat hepatitis C.
The study showed that proanthycyandin, found in blueberry leaves, could stop hepatitis C virus replication at levels far below those that would produce toxic side effects from proanthycyandin.
The new discovery that a non toxic blueberry supplement could help treat hepatitis C shows much promise for individuals subjected to daily injections and antiviral drugs with harsh side effects currently used to treat hepatitis C. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C.
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I took the "cure" for 50 weeks and it worked. Mine was weekly injections and twice daily pills, extreme side effects were not my experience, most do have these extreme side effects. My hope is this is blueberry treatment not a false hope.
Hepatitis C is spread through blood contact only not as reported in this article through 'body fluids' ....
'Traces of virus have been found in semen, saliva, and vaginal secretions in some studies, although there isn't any evidence yet that Hepatitis C in these bodily fluids is transmissible.'
Thank you Anne,
Sexual transmisison is mentioned in most of the medical literature as a possibile way to become infected - it is an uncommon and "inefficient" way to transmit hepatitis C, you are correct.
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