When someone discovers that they are infected with the Hepatitis C virus it is in itself a shock, but the things that they must deal with from then on can be equally upsetting. There is the treatment regime that will follow the confirmed diagnosis and the need to ask people who you are close to [...]

Unfortunately when things scare people they feel the need to listen to rumors and gossip instead of searching out the truth. This is just as true with diseases as with anything else. If you have the Hepatitis C virus, or someone you care about does, dispel the myths, ignore the rumors and get some facts [...]

If you are suffering from hepatitis C and you are getting interferon injections to treat the problem, there may be some side effects that the treatment can have on your body that are less than desirable. However, interferon is one of the best ways of helping the body to fight against the hepatitis C virus. [...]

Hepatitis C is virus passed by blood contact, it was initially found in the 1970’s and confirmed as Hepatitis C in the late 1980’s. Since then this viral infection has become an epidemic across the globe with hundreds of millions infected. The problem with Hepatitis is that people don’t know they have the infection in [...]

Hepatitis C is a disease that has come to receive much notoriety as of late. It is a disease that is caused by an infectious virus, and so consequently, it's important to learn about the disease in order to lessen your chances of catching the disease. In that respect, we've composed this article so that [...]

The Hepatitis C virus is an infection that assaults a person's liver causing damage that worsens over a ten to forty year period before the liver, no longer able to continue its fight, becomes seriously damaged. This liver damage is called cirrhosis. This liver damage, the scarring of cirrhosis, can also be caused by alcohol [...]

Hepatitis is a type of disease that most everybody is familiar with. It's actually a family of diseases, with several different strains causing different problems throughout the body. One feature that is common throughout all the strains of hepatitis is the fact that the disease is primarily damaging to the body in that it may [...]

One of the issues when trying to bring the Hepatitis C virus under global control is how to test for it. In the underdeveloped countries of the world having the ability to take blood tests from thousands of people is not always that easy to come by. As well, these tests can only be taken [...]

Hepatitis C seems to be a disease that has chosen its victims in groups, often, though not always, from those less able to prevent this illness. We all know that too often it is the drug addict, sharing their needles with others like themselves who contract and spread the infectious Hepatitis C virus. We feel [...]

There are many things to be considered once a person is diagnosed with the Hepatitis C virus. The most important is the decision on treatment. Some health care providers will suggest starting treatment immediately while others will prefer to wait. If the progression of the liver disease is very mild and the patient appears to [...]