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Hepatitis C

Also called: Hep C, HCV

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Talk to your doctor to see if it's your liver causing the pain. If it's muscular or your ribs themselves causing the pain, you may be able to...
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Following a healthy diet will keep your liver healthy. Eating more fruits and vegetables and decreasing the amount of fat and sugar in your diet will...
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Yes hep c does not prevent these and can be very complicated if you get hep a the vaccine for hep a and hep b are recommended for all hep c patients...
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This is a good question. "Hepatitis" refers to inflammation of the liver. The "A," "B," and "C" designations...
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Chronic hepatitis C is a persistent infection by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Acute hepatitis C refers to the initial illness from infection within...
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To become infected with hepatitis C virus, the blood of an infected person enters the body of someone who is not infected. The most common ways this...
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Many people who get hepatitis C do not experience symptoms for a number of years. Consequently, many do not find out they have the virus until they...
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Treatment of chronic hepatitis C varies depending on the individual. A person with chronic hepatitis C may not need or benefit from treatment. Some...
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In the best case, the treatment will achieve a sustained virological response (SVR), which means that the hepatitis C virus is not detectable in the...
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Not one, but two effective new hep C treatments got a strong endorsement from an FDA advisory panel. Merck’s Victrelis (boceprevir) was recently...
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Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus. Technically, since hepatitis C is an infectious disease, one might think...
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For hepatitis C, combination therapy, using pegylated interferon and ribavirin, is currently the treatment of choice.
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Hepatitis C is a liver disease that is caused by infection with the hepatitis C virus, a virus that lives in your liver cells. How it spreads You...
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