HOW HEPATITIS C GETS TRANSMITTED

THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS CAUSES CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES. MOST PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE  THAT THEY'RE INFECTED. HEPATITIS C, TAKES ITS TIME IN CHIPPING AWAY AT THE LIVER & DECADES PASS WITHOUT ANY NOTICEABLE SYMPTOMS. DURING THAT TIME, AN INFECTED PERSON MAY UNKNOWINGLY  PASS THE INFECTION TO OTHERS THROUGH CONTACT WITH INFECTED BLOOD ( SHARING A NEEDLE, TOOTH-BRUSH OR RAZOR) OR SEXUAL ACTIVITY. THE NEWLY INFECTED PERSON MAY THEN UNKNOWINGLY PASS IT ALONG. AND THAT CAN REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN. HEPATITIS-C CAUSES LIVER DISEASE & CAN TRIGGER CIRRHOSIS OR LIVER CANCER.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WITH TREATMENT, 75% OF CASES CAN BE CURED. sO, GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR A SIMPLE ONE-TIME BLOOD TEST. IT CHECKS FOR ANTI-BODIES TO THE HEPATITIS-C VIRUS. IF YOU'VE GOT THE BUT, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT SUBTYPE OF THE INFECTION YOU'VE; IT CHANGES TREATMENT CHOICES & EFFECTIVENESS.