2007-10-23 18:49:41 · 9 answers · asked by mirza h 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is sometimes called non-A and non-B hepatitis. Hepatitis C is the most common chronic bloodborne infection in the United States.
15 to 45% of those infected with HCV are able to clear the virus from their blood within about 6 months from the time of infection.
However, 55 to 85% of people with acute hepatitis C do not get rid of the virus within 6 months and therefore have chronic (long-term) hepatitis C.
About 70% of chronically infected persons will develop chronic liver disease.
Between 1 and 5 % of chronically infected patients may die from chronic liver disease.
HCV is the leading indication for liver transplants.
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2007-10-23 20:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hepatitis C is both treatable and curable.
Treatment, however, is long. Until recently Interferon treatment was used taking up from 24 to 48 weeks with less than 50% cure rate. Interferon is also problematic due to flu-like side effects and you have to inject it in your bloodstream with a needle.
In December 2013 a completely new treatment was introduced with a drug called Sofosbuvir - which is once of the greatest drugs invented in 2013 - that has a 90% cure rate. It also takes only 12 to 24 weeks. The problem with Sofosbuvir is the high price, but it is the best cure for Hepatitis C out there.
2014-03-01 00:35:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should deal with infection with hepatitis C depending on whether it is acute or chronic. If it is acute hepatitis with Hepatitis C virus, usually no specific treatment is necessary. Patients usually recover without any treatment. So those who recover and has no viral antigen present in the blood is considered cured of acute hepatitis C. If the virus persists in the blood more than 6 months then the patients are considered to have Chronic Hepatitis B. These patients may be considered for treatment with antiviral agents (a course of injection and/or tablets with one or more medicines) depending on their virus level. So we can consider the disease treatable but not everybody is treated. Only some patients respond to the treatment. In those who responds only some will have complete cure. Others will have some benefit but not complete cure. Hope this will answer some of your questions. Just search in the internet for Hepatitis C treatment and you will get most of the answers.
2016-05-25 09:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hepatitis C is sometimes curable.
Uncommonly, some patients with hepatitis C will clear the infection on their own. When this happens, their blood continues to have antibodies to the hepatitis C virus so they continue to test positive for hepatitis C according to standard blood tests BUT when their blood is checked specifically for the hepatitis C virus, it isn't present.
Some patients with hepatitis C can be treated with peginterferon alpha and ribavirin. These medications are quite difficult to take (lots of side effects) and treatment has to be undertaken for about 1/2 to 1 year so it's really a big deal. This is the best that medicine can do for hepatitis C and it only works some of the time. Because it's such a difficult therapy, it's generally reserved for patients who meet specific criteria (e.g. evidence of ongoing liver inflammation). When it does work, however, it can be considered a cure for hepatitis C. Again, folks who have been cured in this manner continue to have the antibodies to hepatitis C in their blood but not the virus itself.
All things considered, the best treatment for hepatitis C is still prevention.
2007-10-23 20:00:51 · answer #4 · answered by Doxycycline 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Most cases of acute hepatitis C are not treated as the person either does not have any symptoms or mistakes the symptoms for the flu.
If hepatitis C is detected during this acute phase, it is normally recommended that you are monitored for three months to see if your body fights off the virus.
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2014-07-14 16:37:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it is curable, using a course of two drugs called interferon and ribavirin. Usually the course lasts for 6 or 12 months.
Some strains of hep C are more likely to be cured by this treatment than others.
2007-10-23 19:53:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hep c is curable. I was treated in 1995 with just the interferon and am virus free still today- cured!
2014-02-18 11:30:35 · answer #7 · answered by Zig 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its not curable, but it is treatable.
2007-10-23 18:54:58 · answer #8 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, only treatable
2007-10-23 18:52:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-10-23 18:57:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋