contaminated food or water (called the fecal-oral route); the spread of these agents is aggravated by crowded conditions and poor sanitation. The B, C, D, and G viruses are transmitted mainly by blood or bodily fluids; sexual contact or exposure to contaminated blood are common modes of ...
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Sharing personal items, such as razors, toothbrushes, or nail clippers with someone who has hepatitis C Travel to areas in the world where HCV is common Unprotected sex with someone who has hepatitis C, sex with more than one partner, or you are a man who has sex with men ...
How Common is Hepatitis C? An estimated 4 million people in the United States have HCV infection. Often dubbed the "silent disease," HCV infects approximately 17,000 people each year, and many are asymptomatic for years after initial infection. Every year, the disease causes an estimated 8,...
Your side effects will depend on the medicine you take. The most common side effects of antiviral medicines include: Diarrhea Headache Nausea Fatigue Sleep problems (trouble falling asleep or staying asleep) Signs of liver injury, such as right upper belly pain, loss of appetite, nausea, dark ...
Your side effects will depend on the medicine you take. The most common side effects of antiviral medicines include: Diarrhea Headache Nausea Fatigue Sleep problems (trouble falling asleep or staying asleep) Signs of liver injury, such as right upper belly pain, loss of appetite, nausea, dark ...
Chronic Hepatitis C may cause signs and symptoms which manifest in other organs beside the liver as the result of the immune system’s effort to fight off the Hepatitis C infection. In some cases of Hepatitis C, the kidneys can be damaged because of a condition known as cryoglobulinemia....
Hepatitis C Symptoms Acute hepatitis C is an infection that presents with flu-like symptoms. There is an incubation period for hepatitis where symptoms do not occur in between the first six weeks or six months of being infected. Common symptoms of acute hepatitis C include4: ...
Abdominal signs: Paraumbilical hernia, ascites, caput medusae, hepatosplenomegaly, abdominal bruit Ankle edema Scant body hair Skin signs: Spider nevi, petechiae, excoriations due to pruritus Other common extrahepatic manifestations include the following: Cryoglobulinemia Membranoproliferative glomerulon...
The clinical signs are indistinguishable from other forms of viral hepatitis. In symptomatic cases, the incubation period ranges from 2 to 8 weeks, with a mean of 40 days. Symptoms typically last 1 to 2 weeks. The initial symptoms of acute hepatitis E are typically unspecific and include: flu...