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Pamela Anderson is officially free of Hepatitis C – and she celebrated it in usual breathtaking style.
The Baywatch actress and animal rights activist revealed in 2002 that she had contracted the infectious liver disease, reportedly from her then husband Tommy Lee. The disease can lead to scarring of the liver and cirrhosis, and in some cases patients will go on to develop liver cancer.
In an Instagram post last night, Anderson told followers that she has just found out she is free of the disease. “I am CURED!!! – I just found out,” she wrote, before adding: “I pray anyone living with Hep C can qualify or afford treatment. It will be more available soon. I know treatment is hard to get still…”
According to the USA’s leading national public health institute, the CDC, between 80% and 95% of patients diagnosed with Hepatitis C can now be cured using antiviral drugs which were approved in 2013.
Agencies/Canadajournal
