Hepatitis C Symptoms

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Hepatitis C Symptoms develop in patients who are infected with the hepatitis C virus. The Hepatitis C virus is a single stranded RNA virus.

People most commonly develop hepatitis C through IV drug use. Before technology was available to screen blood transfusions for hepatitis C, it was not uncommon for people to develop hepatitis C after receiving a blood transfusion.

Many patients who develop hepatitis C have no specific risk factors. Symptoms of hepatitis C include enlarged spleen, enlarged liver and tenderness in the right upper abdomen.

Other hepatitis C symptoms include jaundice, dark urine and the development of ascites. Cryoglobulinemia and immune complex disease are uncommon symptoms of hepatitis C. there are approximately 150,000 new cases of hepatitis C each year in United States. Many patients who have hepatitis C will never have any hepatitis C Symptoms.

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Hepatitis C symptoms often do not lead directly to the underlying diagnosis and many symptoms can be misleading.  Please review all concerns and information found on this website with your health care provider.