| Lloyd, I am currently 
                    reading your book. Just picked it up this afternoon and have 
                    read many sections but have not yet completed it. As I am 
                    reading it, a question that I have had for all the years since 
                    diagnosis of Hep C keeps popping into my thoughts. With all 
                    the contact you have with Hep C sufferers, have you ever experienced 
                    anyone who's symptoms include SEVERE ITCHING? I have 
                    been itching for 8 years. An itch which is driving me insane!! 
                    I have been to many, many MD's looking for a cause and of 
                    course a cure. Not a single doctor has attached it to my Hep 
                    C even though I do. I continue to look for additional ways 
                    to cleanse my system, my liver, my blood, my lymphatic fluids, 
                    and on and on.... I set out today to discover more about water 
                    fasts in an effort to detox my system and came across your 
                    book. Can you 
                    a) help me attach my itching to my hepatitis, and b) suggest 
                    what steps in your program would be most likely to bring me 
                    some relief from that symptom? I am not 
                    able to think about anything else when the itching begins, 
                    not to mention speak, wear public appropriate clothing, sit 
                    still, stop scratching, sleep or even lie down, etc when it 
                    is in high form which is sometimes constant, sometimes several 
                    hours a day, usually in my legs but can affect all other parts 
                    of my body. I have 
                    told my father that this is so insane, it could drive a person 
                    to take his/her life.  What has 
                    your experience and contact with other hep c sufferers taught 
                    you that might help me hang on and more importantly, find 
                    relief most quickly? Please help!  Thank 
                    you,S. S.
 Hi S
 I have 
                    several people who complain about severe itching and yes, 
                    it is a symptom in about 15 % of hep c suffers. I have not 
                    had one as bad as yours. I do not 
                    completely understand the process but as I understand it, 
                    there is a connection with bile flow, sunlight and some chemical 
                    process. Go out 
                    in the sun, drink lots of herbal aloe, not the real aloe. 
                    Take 2 artichoke extract capsules 2 times a day. If the problem 
                    gets worse, stop the artichoke extract. It takes the whole 
                    leaf aloe to help this severe of a problem. Get more sunlight, 
                    everyday at least one hour or more and let me know if this 
                    helps. Every 
                    person that I have told this to has had the itching go away. In good 
                    health,Lloyd
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