Hepatitis C

The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the virus that causes hepatitis C. It mostly affects the liver, resulting in inflammation and possibly long-term, significant liver damage. Contact with contaminated blood can spread the virus. The most common ways that this happens are when injection drug users share needles, when contaminated blood is given during transfusions or organ transplants, or through less common channels like needlestick injuries in medical facilities or transmission from an infected mother to her unborn child during childbirth. I. Symptoms When HCV is present, the following symptoms might occur: II. Transmission The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is … Read more