What are symptoms of hepatitis c?

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actually, there are MANY symptoms of HCV.

They can range from mild to severe. The old myth is that HCV is a silent disease because the bi-directional diseases associated with HCV are dianosed as individual diseases.

Symptoms can occur without warning at any given time.

Skin rashes, heart palpitations, lung disease, kidney disease, hair loss, thyroid issues, mental fog, i.e. confusion, depression, cysts under the skin, menstral issues, dry eyes, blocked salivary glands, changes in skin color, shingles, fibromyalgia, arthitis, cancers of the skin, liver, spleen,...many many others.

They are classified as bi-directional or extrahepatic illnesses, a few broken down catagories are:
Extrahepatic Manifestations

General Reports Neurological Disease
Anemia Osteosclerosis
Arthritis Polyarteritis Nodosa
CNS Disorders Psoriasis
Cryoglobulinemia Rheumatologic Disease
Diabetes Renal Disease
Fatigue Sexual Dysfunction
Fibromyalgia Thrombocytopenia
Hypercholesterolemia
Hyperglycemia
Lichen Planus
Lymphatic Disease

Again, these can happen to anyone infected with hcv, these are again, just a few of the more common diseases that doctors treat and are unaware of your liver disease.
HCV can only be found if the doctor specifically runs and HCV antibody test.
Those who have a normal lab but still have symptoms might be infected as well as the ALT and AST levels do not always show an elevated mark.

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There are two forms of hepatitis C. The first form is called acute hepatitis C, which means that you recently became infected with the virus. The second form is called chronic hepatitis C, which means that you have had an infection for more than 6 months.

Most people who are infected with hepatitis C develop chronic hepatitis C. But even people who have been infected for a while do not always have symptoms. This makes it common for people to have hepatitis C for 15 years or longer before it is diagnosed. Many people find out by accident that they have the virus, such as when donating blood or having a routine physical exam.

If symptoms do develop, they may include:

Fatigue.
Joint pain.
Belly pain.
Itchy skin.
Sore muscles.
Dark urine.
Jaundice, a condition in which the skin and the whites of the eyes look yellow.

Hi

Most people don't know they have been infected until 15 to 20 yrs after they were exposed. Some times you may feel like you have a mild case of the flu after exposure but this quickly goes away and then there are no symptoms until the liver is actually being damaged which takes years. Then the symptoms would be extreme fatigue, dark orange urine and sometimes pain in the right side under the ribs. Hope this helps. If you suspect you have been infected get tested.

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