Freddy Fender Treated for Hepatitis

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â€” Singer Freddy Fender has hepatitis C and is being evaluated for a kidney transplant. <br><br>Fender, whose hits include ``Wasted Days and Wasted Nights'' and ``Before

Monday, November 20th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â€” Singer Freddy Fender has hepatitis C and is being evaluated for a kidney transplant.

Fender, whose hits include ``Wasted Days and Wasted Nights'' and ``Before the Next Teardrop Falls,'' is being treated in Corpus Christi, Texas, said his spokesman Kirt Webster.

``Freddy will continue to perform on weekends and select bookings,'' Webster said.

Fender, 63, is getting dialysis treatments.

About 4 million people nationwide are infected with hepatitis C, a virus that attacks the liver and is spread through contact with an infected person's blood. It kills as many as 10,000 Americans each year, mostly by causing cirrhosis or liver cancer.

However, it may remain dormant for decades, and some people eventually lose all trace of the virus.