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What is the Hepatitis C

hepatitis-c-virusThe epatitis C virus, commonly known as the Hep C virus, left unchecked in the bloodstream, often leads to a disease called hepatitis that affects condition and function of the liver. 
Hepatitis, which means inflammation of the liver, is caused by a virus, and as most viruses, it can be transmitted from one infected person to another. 
Once the person is infected with the Hep C virus, the liver can host the infection for a person’s whole life. If the infected individual does not receive proper medical treatment the condition of the liver will worsen up to a point where it will become irreversibly damaged leading to the need for a liver transplant or death.
Recently, modern science has made important advances in the treatment and eradication of the Hep C virus in infected persons. Today, with proper medical attention and taking a course of one of the new Hep C medications, up to 80-90% of infected persons have now seen an eradication of the Hep C virus in their body and a cure from their hepatitis disease. 
Because of the complexity and the challenge that the disease carries, those infected with the Hepatitis C virus are divided into two groups:
One group are those that are Hepatitis C virus positive but are NOT infected with the HIV virus, and the other group are those that are infected with both viruses. This last group is the most critical and challenging group in terms of treatment and eventual hopeful cure of their liver disease.
 

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