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How is hepatitis C treated?Your body may be able to fight an HCV infection on its own. An infection that continues longer than 6 months will need treatment. Treatment helps prevent health problems hepatitis C can cause, such as liver failure or cirrhosis. You may need any of the following...
It has been found that a growing number of people who are infected with HCV have also found to be infected with HIV. Coinfection rates for both HIV and HCV are 15-25%. Part of this is due to the fact that both viruses are transmitted through exposure to infected blood and mucous membr...
Treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection significantly improved between the years 1995 and 2002. The introduction of interferon alfa plus ribavirin combination therapy and the development of pegylated interferons have led to an impressive increase in the achievement of virologic treatment responses ...
Anti-HCV antibodies.These are proteins your body makes when it finds the hep C virus in your blood. They usually show up about 12 weeks after infection. It usually takes a few days to a week to get results, though a rapid test (with results ready in about 30 minutes) is available in...
Anti-HCV antibodies.These are proteins your body makes when it finds the hep C virus in your blood. They usually show up about 12 weeks after infection. It usually takes a few days to a week to get results, though a rapid test (with results ready in about 30 minutes) is available in...
the liver and cause a horrendous death,” saysAndrea Branch, PhD, a professor of medicine and liver diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. “To get the maximum benefit of treatment, it is important to treat HCV as soon as the infection is diagnosed.”...
have had an infection, currently have an infection, or have a weakened immune system have or have had any severe infections including: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Parvovirus B19 Varicella zoster virus (chickenpox or shingles)...
The provider will also want to know if the needle was used on a person who has an infection. Tell your provider if you have had any vaccines. You will also need blood tests.How are needle stick injuries treated?Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) may be needed. PEP is treatment that may ...
(HCV) is the degree of chronic renal failure. Let us assume that the potential kidney transplant recipient would be a candidate if he or she were not infected with HCV. The question might then be revised to read as: How does concomitant HCV infection influence the selection for and outcome...