Everything About HEPATITIS C and Its Cure
What is Hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by Hepatitis C Virus or HCV. Nearly 3.5 million people suffer from this disease in the US alone. Nearly 70% to 80% of the acute infection cases do not display any sort of symptoms at all. This disease is termed as the silent or invisible disease because there aren't any symptoms in a majority of cases and even if there is the symptoms are rather common.
The disease causes liver disease and in several cases the liver cirrhosis. Chronic infection can be cured in more than 90% of the cases and in some cases where there is liver cirrhosis is extreme a transplant is required.
Symptoms:
Hepatitis C is known as a silent or invisible disease because most victims don't show any symptoms at all and if they most of its symptoms are so common that one doesn't realize that are suffering from Hepatitis C until much later. Nearly 70% to 80% of the patients do not show any symptom at all. The symptoms are mild and flu like with fever along with the ones mentioned below:
-Jaundice: This is the most common symptom, it includes yellow eyes and skin along with dark colored urine.
-Stomach pain: as mentioned above the symptoms of this disease done stand out and symptoms include something as common as stomach pain.
-Joint and muscle pain: Muscle and join pain is another common symptom that most patients suffer.
-Itchy Skin: If you have been suffering from itchy skin for over six weeks along with any of the above mentioned skin please consult a doctor.
-Abnormalities in urine and bowel movement
-Loss of appetite: Again a very common symptom that is induced from a variety of reasons including stress. But if you suffer from loss of appetite with jaundice and the other symptoms please do get yourself checked.
-Nausea: Vomiting and squishiness, another common symptom which when combined with stomach ache can give a wrong diagnosis.
-Fatigue: Tiredness. Again another symptom which when accompanied with the above four symptoms may be assumed as an after effect of Jaundice.
Ways it can spread:
You can get this disease if you:
- Share drugs and needles
-Have unsafe sex with multiple partners who have STD and HIV infections and rough sex.
-Use used needles that is previously used by person suffering from Hepatitis C. -From cost of harvoni in india to her child: A pregnant mother can pass this infection to her unborn child.
-Blood transfusion: if you receive blood from a person infected with this disease.
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by Hepatitis C Virus or HCV. Nearly 3.5 million people suffer from this disease in the US alone. Nearly 70% to 80% of the acute infection cases do not display any sort of symptoms at all. This disease is termed as the silent or invisible disease because there aren't any symptoms in a majority of cases and even if there is the symptoms are rather common.
The disease causes liver disease and in several cases the liver cirrhosis. Chronic infection can be cured in more than 90% of the cases and in some cases where there is liver cirrhosis is extreme a transplant is required.
Symptoms:
Hepatitis C is known as a silent or invisible disease because most victims don't show any symptoms at all and if they most of its symptoms are so common that one doesn't realize that are suffering from Hepatitis C until much later. Nearly 70% to 80% of the patients do not show any symptom at all. The symptoms are mild and flu like with fever along with the ones mentioned below:
-Jaundice: This is the most common symptom, it includes yellow eyes and skin along with dark colored urine.
-Stomach pain: as mentioned above the symptoms of this disease done stand out and symptoms include something as common as stomach pain.
-Joint and muscle pain: Muscle and join pain is another common symptom that most patients suffer.
-Itchy Skin: If you have been suffering from itchy skin for over six weeks along with any of the above mentioned skin please consult a doctor.
-Abnormalities in urine and bowel movement
-Loss of appetite: Again a very common symptom that is induced from a variety of reasons including stress. But if you suffer from loss of appetite with jaundice and the other symptoms please do get yourself checked.
-Nausea: Vomiting and squishiness, another common symptom which when combined with stomach ache can give a wrong diagnosis.
-Fatigue: Tiredness. Again another symptom which when accompanied with the above four symptoms may be assumed as an after effect of Jaundice.
Ways it can spread:
You can get this disease if you:
- Share drugs and needles
-Have unsafe sex with multiple partners who have STD and HIV infections and rough sex.
-Use used needles that is previously used by person suffering from Hepatitis C. -From cost of harvoni in india to her child: A pregnant mother can pass this infection to her unborn child.
-Blood transfusion: if you receive blood from a person infected with this disease.
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