Hepatitis C, HCV

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Hepatitis C is an infection caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation. Most people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have no symptoms. In fact, most people don't know they have the hepatitis C infection until liver damage shows up, decades later, during routine medical tests. Hepatitis C is one of several hepatitis viruses and is generally considered to be among the most serious of these viruses. Hepatitis C is passed through contact with contaminated blood - most commonly through needles shared during illegal drug use. Hepatitis C infection usually produces no signs or symptoms during its earliest stages. When signs and symptoms do occur, they're generally mild and flu-like and may include: Fatigue; Fever; Nausea or poor appetite; Muscle and joint pains; Tenderness in the area of your liver

Symptoms:

Laboratory Test Procedures:

fatigue
fever
nausea
loss of appetite
joint aches
muscle aches
tenderness in the area of liver

Hepatitis C Ab
Rheumatoid Factor, titers
AlphaFeto Protein (AFP)
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