List of Extrahpatic Complications and Diseases

Hi! Heres another **list of problomatic issues in regards to HCV. Again, this is only a small picture as there are more diseases associated with HCV....The list has gotten a bit longer, but it's as clear as I am non-active in HCV. Some of these I have experienced well before in the first 10 years of infection......(i also cleaned it up by taking all the commas out and seperating each disease...im tired, there might be mistakes but you can get a clear picture.)
In a letter written to a doctor I fired ....

"We are also aware that the following relative conditions associated with HCV and a *few disorders experienced by those taking interferon therapies:

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome and Hepatitis C

Enhanced Lipid Peroxidation in Patients
Positive for Antiphospholipid Antibodies

Autoimmune Hepatitis

Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 2 Induced by HCV
and Persisting After Viral Clearance

Blood Cell Disorders

Laboratory and Thrombokinetic Study of HCV-associated Thrombocytopenia:
A Direct Role of HCV in Bone Marrow Exhaustion?

In Vivo CAMPATH-1 Followed by T Cell-Depleted Bone Marrow
Transplantation: A Potential New Mode of Therapy For Hepatitis
Associated Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA)

Hepatitis C Virus-Induced Leuko-Thrombocytopenia and Haemolysis

Interferon Increases Serum Thrombopoietin in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Immune Thrombocytopenia and Alpha-Interferon Therapy

Evidence for an Immunological Pathogenesis of
Thrombocytopenia in Chronic Liver Disease

Thrombocytopenia Associated With Hepatitis C Viral Infection

Bone Mineral Disease

Hepatitis C-Associated Osteosclerosis: Late Onset
After Blood Transfusion in an Elderly Woman

Metabolic bone disease of liver cirrhosis: is it
parallel to the clinical severity of cirrhosis?

Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Metabolism Disorders in Cirrhotic
Patients Referred for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Hepatic Osteodystrophy: A Review

Osteodystrophy in Patients With Chronic
Hepatitis and Liver Cirrhosis.

Amount and Composition of Bone
Minerals in Chronic Liver Disease

Osteodystrophy in Patients With Chronic
Hepatitis and Liver Cirrhosis

Carcinomas

High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus-Antibody and RNA
in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous-Cell Carcinoma

Focal Liver Masses: Characterization With
Diffusion-Weighted Echo-Planar MR Imaging.

Mortality From Liver Cancer and Liver Disease in Haemophilic Men
and Boys in UK Given Blood Products Contaminated With Hepatitis C.

Liver Hemangioma: US-Guided 18-Gauge Core-Needle Biopsy.

Hemangiopericytoma of the Liver: Immunohistochemical Observations,
Expression ofAngiogenic Factors, and Review of the Literature

Hyperechoic Pseudotumors in Segment IV of the Liver.

A Giant Hepatic Hemangioma With Secondary Portal
Hypertension: a Case Report of Successful Surgical Treatment

Cavernous Hemangiomas of the Liver: Enlargement Over Time.

Cardiovascular

Altered Cardiovascular Responsiveness to
Active Tilting in Nonalcoholic Cirrhosis

Serum-Lipid and Lipoprotein Patterns in Patients
with Liver-Cirrhosis and Chronic Active Hepatitis.

HCV Associated With Anticardiolipin Antibody and a
Cerebrovascular Accident. Response to Interferon Therapy

Interferon-ALPHA Does Not Cause Significant Cardiac
Dysfunction in Patients With Chronic Active Hepatitis.

Serum Lipid and Lipoprotein Patterns With Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Active Hepatitis

Myocarditis Variant
Serum Lipid and Lipoprotein Patterns in Patients
With Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Active Hepatitis

Strokes Seen in Hepatitis Patients With Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Subjective Tinnitus
Vertigo Caused by Elevated Blood Lipids

Diabetes (type 2)

Serum Chalestatic Enzymes and Prevalence of Diabetes
and Gallstones in Chronic Viral Liver Disease.

Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Resistance and Hypocatabolism
Primary Liver Cancer

Extrahepatic Manifestations

Extrahepatic Immunologic Features of Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Immunologic and Extrahepatic Manifestations of HCV Infection

LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS

EYE AND HEPATITIS C
Could amblyopia (lazy eye) be caused by viral agent Hepatitis C?

Retinal Complications During Interferon
Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Secondary to Interferon Alfa

FIBROMYALGIA
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis,
Epidemic Neuromyasthenia, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome


HEMOPHILIA

Increased Mortality Risk In Hemophiliacs
With Liver Disease And Hepatitis C

Haemophilia

Hepatitis C and Iron

Hemosiderin Deposition in Portal Endothelial Cells
Hepatitis-Associated Aplastic Anemia

Iron and Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Iron in Liver Diseases Other Than Hemochromatosis

Pure Red Cell Aplasia Associated With Hepatitis C Infection

Liver Iron Influences the Response to
Interferon Alpha Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C

Kidney

Impairment of Renal Function During Moderate Physical Exercise in Cirrhotic
Patients With Ascites: Relationship With the Activity of Neurohormonal Systems

HCV Related Proteins in Kidney Tissue From HCV Infected Patients
With Cryoglobulinemic Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

Hepatorenal Syndrome

Lichen Planus

Atypical Verrucous Carcinoma of the Tongue with Oral Lichen Planus Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Oral Lichen Planus and Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Recognizing and Managing the Oral Clues That Point to Sjagren's Syndrome

Antibodies to Epithelial Components in Oral Lichen Planus (OLP)
Associated with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection

Development of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in
Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Lichen Planus

Hepatitis C Virus Infection in patients With Oral
Lichen Planus
Exacerbation of Lichen Planus Under Interferon-Alpha-2a Therapy

Lichen Planus and Sjogren-Type Sicca
Syndrome with Chronic Hepatitis C

Lichen Planus Associated with Liver Disease Caused by Hepatitis C Virus

Lymphoadenopathy

Enlargement of Perihepatic Lymph Nodes in Relation to
Liver Histology and Viremia in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C

Lymph Vessel Expansion and Function in the
Development of Hepatic Fibrosis and Cirrhosis

Abdominal Lymphadenopathy in Chronic
Hepatitis C: High Frequency and Relationship with Viremia

Acquired Osteosclerosis Associated with
Intravenous Drug use and Hepatitis C Infection

Peripancreatic Lymphoadenopathy and Extrahepatic
Immunological Manifestations in Chronic Hepatitis C

Lymphomas

Hepatitis C Appears to Prompt Burkitt's Lymphoma

High Prevalance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in
Patients with B Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Italy

Characterization of Overt B-Cell Lymphomas
in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Malignant Lymphoma of the Stomach After
Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Evidence that HCV Infection has a Role in B-Cell Malignancies
Primary Hepatic Lymphoma Associated with Chronic Hepatitis C

Relationships between Primary Splenic Malignant Lymphoma
and Chronic Liver Disease Associated with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Lymphoproliferative Disorders

HCV and Lymphoproliferative Disorders

Metabolic Disorders

Carnitine Metabolism in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

Effects of Moderate Exercise on Insulin Sensitivity and Substrate
Metabolism During Post-Exercise Recovery in Cirrhosis

HLA-DRB1 is Related to the Pathalogical
Changes of the Liver in Chronic Hepatitis C

Influence of Zinc and Selenium Deficiency on
Parameters Relating to Thyroid Hormone Metabolism

Plasma Vitamin A Levels-a Diagnostic Indicator of Hepatitis
in an Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Population

Type 3b Glycogen Storage Disease Associated With
End-Stage Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Allelic-Expression Imbalance of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2
Gene in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Underlying Disease

Autoantibodies against Glucuronosyltransferases
Differ Between Viral Hepatitis and Autoimmune Hepatitis

A Clinical Hepatologist's Predictions About Non-Absorbed
Carbohydrates for the Early Twenty-First Century

Differential Expression of Transforming Growth Factor
Alpha and Insulin-Like Growth Factor II in Chronic Active
Hepatitis B, Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Insulin-Like Growth Factors Stimulate Expression of
Hepatocyte Growth Factor but not Transforming
Growth Factor Beta1 in Cultured Hepatic Stellate Cells

Rheumatology

Focus On Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hepatitis C Infection Presenting with Rheumatic
Manifestations: A Mimic of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Interstitial Lung Fibrosis and Rheumatic Disorders
in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Arthritis in a Patient with Psoriasis after
Interferon-Alpha Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

Rheumatologic and Autoimmune Manifestations in
Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Viral Arthritis

Sjogren's Syndrome

Lymphomas
Immunohistochemistry of Minor Salivary Gland
Biopsy Specimens From Patients with Sjogren's
Syndrome
Gougerot Sjogren Syndrome

Hypergammaglobulinemic Purpura Associated With
Sjogren's Syndrome and Chronic Hepatitis C

Chronic Lymphocytic Sialoadenitis in HCV-Related
Chronic Liver Disease: Comparison of Sjogren's Syndrome

Clinical Features, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Sjogren's Syndrome

Development of Sjogren's Syndrome During Treatment With
Recombinant Human Interferon-Alpha-2b For Chronic Hepatitis C

High Prevalence of Hearing Loss Reported

Lichen Planus and Sjogren-Type Sicca
Syndrome in a Patient With Chronic Hepatitis C

Other Skin Problems such as Spider Nevae
Higher prevalence of Shingles in adults infected with HCV

Type of Impaired Porphyrin Metabolism Caused by Hepatitis C Virus
Is Not Porphyria Cutanea Tarda but Chronic Hepatic Porphyria

HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED VASCULITIC MULTIPLE MONONEUROPATHY

PCT and Hepatitis C Virus

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and Hepatitis C Viral Infection

Diagnosis (HCV); Skin Lesions Occurring Only with HCV Infection Reported

Pruritis -Association With High Serum
Bile Acids, Advanced Pathology, and Bile Duct Abnormalities

Sleep Disorders

Restless Legs Syndrome

Thyroid Problems


*only as stated in article
** subject material "biopsied" via articles from net sources: WHO, CDC, NEGOM, BCOM, MEDline and other articles written by patients for patients, i.e.: "Hepatitis Magazine".....and the most profound, the human

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