What is Viral Hepatitis C? Viral hepatitis C was one of the most deadly diseases of the past.  Hepatitis C patients almost in 80 percent of the cases do not show any symptoms sets apart this type of hepatitis from others. Hepatitis is generally categorized in two phases, that is, acute and chronic. Patients suffering from Hepatitis C virus can show different symptoms in either of the phases of the disease.

Hepatitis C virus can be transmitted from one patient to an unaffected person in a number of ways. The disease can be prevented if contact with infected blood can be prevented. For this purpose doctors advise to be careful in use of things such as syringes, razors, and toothbrushes. Research also reveals that there is a high risk of transmission of HCV while getting tattooed, child birth, blood transfusion and unprotected sexual intercourse.

Hepatitis C virus is one of the common liver disease caused by a virus known as HCV(hepatitis C virus) .Infection with the hepatitis C virus can cause chronic liver disease and is the leading reason for liver transplant . HCV is spread by direct contact with an infected person’s blood, getting a tattoo or body piercing with unsterilized tools, sharing drug needles , sexual contact with infected person.

It is estimated that three to four million Americans are infected with hepatitis C (HCV), a blood borne virus that attacks the liver of its host, and many of them are not even aware of it. The U.S. spent nearly six billion dollars in 1997 for the treatment of HCV, and the costs have continued to skyrocket. The mainstream treatments that are available are expensive, only marginally effective and loaded with nasty side effects.

Signs Of Viral Hepatitis C

• Diarrhea
• Slight abdominal pain
• diarrhea
• Fatigue

• Malaise
• Mild fever
• Muscle or joint pains
• Appetite loss
• Nausea
• Vomiting

• Jaundice (yellowed skin, mucous membranes and whites of the eyes).
• Foul breath.
• Dark urine or tea-colored urine.
• Light colored stools that may retain pus.
• Itching.
• Enlarged spleen.
• Hives.

Treatment For Viral Hepatitis C

An antiviral agent called interferon is prescribed by the doctors if hepatitis B persists.
Hepatitis C is cured with a combination of pegylated interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin

• Pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN)
• Ribavirin (RBV)
• VICTRELIS (boceprevir) and INCIVEK (telaprevir)
• OLYSIO (simeprevir)
• SOVALDI (sofosbuvir)
• HARVONI (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir)