Lucinda Porter is a registered nurse who  has become a full time advocate for  informing Baby Boomers of the dangers of Hepatitis C,  and why they should be tested for the viral infection. Porter contracted the disease through a blood transfusion was she was 35 years old.  She is now 58 and living a productive life in Nevada County  following treatment.  As a nurse Porter spent 10 years at Stanford Hospital specializing in Hepatitis C and the liver disease it causes. She says Baby Boomers,   those born between 1945 and 1965   are most at risk for carrying the viral infection.

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Porter says there may be between 1,600 and 2,000 Baby Boomers living with Hepatitis C in Nevada County and they don’t know it.

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Left untreated the virus can attack the brain, the liver and other parts of the body.  It’s projected by the year 2020 there will be 1 million cases of cirrhosis of the liver just from Hepatitis C.  Porter says the message is to get tested if you are a baby boomer.

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Testing is available through your Doctor’s office  and treatments for Hepatitis C are available. Porter has written a book “Free From Hepatitis C- A complete Guide to Healing Hepatitis C.”  She says she is using this time to get the message out to get tested as May is Hepatitis C Awareness month.