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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Viral genotype. However, newer antiviral drugs can treat many genotypes. Risk factorsScreening for hepatitis CThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all adults ages 18 to 79 years be screened for hepatitis C. Screening is very important for people at high risk of exposure. This includes: Anyone who has ever injected, snorted or inhaled an illegal drug. Anyone who has atypical liver test results in which the cause wasn't found. Babies born from someone who has hepatitis C. Pregnant people during the pregnancy. Health care and emergency workers who have been in contact with blood or been stuck by a needle. People with hemophilia who were treated with clotting factors before 1987. People who have had long-term hemodialysis. People who got donated blood or organ transplants before 1992. Sexual partners of anyone diagnosed with hepatitis C infection. People with HIV infection. Men who have sex with men. Sexually active people about to start taking medicine to prevent HIV, called pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. Anyone who has been in prison. ComplicationsHepatitis C infection that continues over many years can cause serious complications, such as: Scarring of the liver, called cirrhosis. Scarring can occur after decades of hepatitis C infection. Liver scarring makes it hard for the liver to work. Liver cancer. A small number of people with hepatitis C infection get liver cancer. Liver failure. A lot of scarring can cause the liver to stop working. PreventionThe following might protect from hepatitis C infection: Stop using illegal drugs. If you use illegal drugs, seek help. Be careful about body piercing and tattooing. For piercing or tattooing, look for a shop that's known to be clean. Ask questions about how the equipment is cleaned. Make sure the employees use sterile needles. If employees won't answer questions, look for another shop. Practice safer sex. Don't have sex without protection with any partner whose health status you don't know. Don't have sex with more than one partner. The risk of couples who only have sex with each other getting hepatitis C through sex is low. Aug. 23, 2023
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