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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C - is a chronic liver disease. Hepatitis C is caused by viral hepatitis C. Currently there are about 180 million people with the world. Spread of Hepatitis C disease occurs through bodily fluids, especially blood either through transfusion or drug use by injection.
In the development of hepatitis C, liver cirrhosis patient will experience (hardening of the liver), which then will progress to liver cancer (hepatoselulerkarsinoma). Hepatitis C disease stages, risk of death is very big.

There is no vaccine for Hepatitis C. The way to prevent is to reduce the risk of exposure to hepatitis C virus is to prevent needle sharing behavior or personal equipment such as toothbrushes, razors and nail clippers with people infected with Hepatitis C.

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