Hepatitis C Support Group

Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.

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Wow ..the numbers are staggering!

ImKramer
ImKramer
16 million to 148m people infected with hepatitis viruses: experts - See more at: http://hepatitiscresearchandnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2013/11/16-million-to-148m-people-infected-with.html#sthash.vIRUY5MF.dpuf
WarriorGal
WarriorGal
16m to 148m is a huge spread!
ImKramer
ImKramer
Very huge but then it's third world.
North America stats are still in the "guess-timation" stage too! Far from accurate.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow!!! That's up to almost 3/4ths of the total population of Pakistan!!!
As if they don't have enough problems already!!!

Respectfully,
Henry
LoveEachOther
LoveEachOther
whenever I read an article, it usually states that the U.S. has around 3-5 million infected with HCV, and I believe that doesn't include the baby boomers that have not been tested yet.

However, I do not see any mention of how many are estimated in Canada, do you know? Do you read articles in your area that maybe knows that you are in Canada and therefore informs you of the estimate? Or, do you have to search for it yourself?