Who is at risk for hepatitis C?

Children born to mothers infected with hepatitis C; having sex or coming into contact with the fluids of an infected person; or using unsanitary tattooing or piercing tools... can all get hepatitis C.

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the disease is silent but the consequences are very serious. However, hepatitis C is little concerned.According to Boldsky, everyone should know and understand how hepatitis C causes disease.

Hepatitis C is a disease transmitted from a person carrying the virus to a healthy person in three ways: through blood, through sex, and from mother to child through the placenta during birth.

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People at risk for hepatitis C:

- People who have had organ transplants or blood transfusions, or shared needles or straws with people infected with HCV.

- Peoplework in a clinic or hospitalexposure to specimens containing HCVfrequently as needles, dialysis machines, or infected blood.

- People who have unprotected sex with a partner infected with HCV.

- Children born to mothers infected with hepatitis C.

- MSome people practice acupuncture, ear piercing, and tattooing without using completely sterile instruments.

- OutsideiIn addition, there are some cases of HCV infection but the cause of infection is unknown.

People with hepatitis C face three very dangerous complications: cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. What is more dangerous is that hepatitis C develops silently, without any symptoms until it causes serious complications.serious liver damage. Infected people do not know they are infected and can unknowingly spread the disease in the community.

If you have symptoms such as fever, stomach ache, joint pain, muscle aches, itchy skin, poor appetite, nausea and fatigue, especially dark urine, yellow eyes and yellow skin, then get tested for hepatitis C to get timely treatment.i.

The cheapest, most effective way to fight this disease is prevention. Avoid injecting drugs, unprotected sex, and unsafe blood transfusions. People with chronic hepatitis C or who are carriers of the hepatitis C virus should have regular check-ups.

According to VNE