Illness -- Discovering hepatitis C -- Hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis -- Hepatitis C and end-stage liver disease -- Hepatitis C and liver transplantation -- Stopping the spread of hepatitis C: blood transfusions, recreational drug use, sex, tattoos, acupuncture, manicures, pedicures, and body piercing -- Hepatitis C and alcohol -- Search for the holy grail -- Diet and nutrition -- Hepatitis C and interferon -- Alternative medicine or unconventional medicine -- Body's efforts to fight hepatitis C, and potential vaccines -- Your skin and joints: effects of hepatitis C outside the liver -- Hepatitis C and your kidneys -- Your immune system -- ch. 16. Psychological impact of hepatitis C.