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C - Treatment Principles - Blood Tests - Signs & Symptoms - Case Studies |
Our clinic is based in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. We do most of our consultations over the phone, yet being seen in person always yields more information on how to best treat you.
To arrange a consultation call 877-454-HEPC. Fax all biopsy, doctor, and ultrasound reports, recent blood work (within the past 3 years) including liver function panels, genotype and viral load tests. Please include a letter detailing whatever you are presently taking or doing for your health, as well as any complicating or major illnesses. Our fax #415-488-1323 or you can mail to PO Box 58 San Geronimo, CA 94963.
Fees are pro-rated at $150 an hour. Typically a phone consultation runs 20 to 30 minutes costing between $50 and $75. Office visits are $100 and last about 1 1/2 hours with the time equally divided between talking, physical exam and then a acupuncture treatment.
Live well and see your case clearly. Some live in complete denial of HCV, its easy to do as it is usually very slow to be problematic. Others can be completely non-symptomatic yet live in complete anxiety of dying. In TCM, the eyes are the openings of the liver, see yourself clearly. This infection requires concerted action to treat it effectively.
Yet it is treatable and the knowledge of Hep C and the methods to treat it will only improve. There is a point of balance of doing what you need to do to treat this chronic infection and then relaxing in faith rather than living in anxiety. Many people with HCV are basically healthy. This is not a prescription to not take action, but a perception of self. It is very helpful to be seen by a doctor who can accurately reflect your case.
Fight a persistent infection, with a persistent response!
Most cases of HepC that we treat were contracted long ago,
before blood screening began in 1992 and during the heyday of IV drug
use (not to imply those days have faded into oblivion). This is a slow-acting,
yet tenacious virus and our approach to treat it takes patience. One rule
of thumb is one month of treatment for every year of disease. Our approach
is safe; this is not the living hell of interferon/ribavarin.
Our success in treating Hep C is best illustrated by our patient’s
repeat biopsies. All except one have been improved, and that one still
did enjoy his vices. We are extremely competent at healing the liver.
Largely due to an accurate understanding of how the liver gets damaged
in HCV and how to counteract that process.
Where our protocol has been inconsistent is in bringing down the viral
load. This morning the first patient calling in was ecstatic her viral
load fell from 11 million to 684,000 iu. The second caller was rather
disgruntled his viral load going up from 312,000 to 360,000 iu, both basically
using the same protocol.
How does the liver heal when the virus is still persistent? Basically because this virus is not directly cyto-toxic. What injures the liver is an auto-immune response that creates oxidative damage of hepatocytes. In one patient his viral load went from approximately 1 million to 4 million, yet his biopsy improved significantly. This does not mean that the viral load is unimportant. It means that viral load is part of the equation in treating HepC.
In recognizing that our anti-viral approach has been positive,
yet inconsistent we looked at who was doing better. Since we talk to people
all over the country who relate their experiences to us, the treatment
that got the most response was thymus. So we have added in Thymic Protein
A. We have not sized up NatCell frozen thymus head to head with Thymic
Protein A, in terms of efficacy. Initially we have been very pleased with
the results of Thymic Protein A and it is easier to ship, to take, and
on the pocketbook.
My own personal doctor claimed dependable results from using non-ionic
colloidal silver in IV form, for HCV viral load and he is someone I trust
deeply. IV treatments tend to be more efficient than oral doses in blood
borne diseases. They deliver the medicine where it is needed.
Though as licensed acupuncturists we cannot perform IV's in California as in some other states. Consequently we have found an oral colloidal silver, the makers claim, has a very high track record zeroing out this virus. Please go to the MesoSilver page for more information.