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Long-term Consequences of HCV Infection
What are
the chances of persons with HCV infection developing long term
infection, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, liver cancer, or dying as a
result of hepatitis C?
Of every 100 persons infected with HCV about:
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85 persons
may develop long-term infection,
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70 persons
may develop chronic liver disease,
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15 persons
may develop cirrhosis
over a period of 20 to 30 years, and
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5 persons
may die from the consequences of long term infection (liver cancer or
cirrhosis).
Do medical
conditions outside the liver occur in persons with chronic hepatitis C?
A small percentage of
persons with chronic hepatitis C develop medical conditions outside the
liver (this is called extrahepatic).
These conditions are thought to occur due to the body's natural immune
system fighting against itself. Such conditions include:
glomerulonephritis, essential mixed cryoglobulinemia, and porphyria
cutanea tarda
Attention 2008 Article: Extra-hepatic manifestation of hepatitis C
virus infection
Page One
Abdominal Pain
and Liver Disease (Liver Pain)
Aplastic
Anemia
Anemia and HCV
Arthritis
Arthritis:
Extrahepatic Manifestations:
Rheumatological Conditions
Ask the Expert: The Relation Between Arthritis,
Hepatitis C and Fibromyalgia
Ascites, the accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, can be a life-threatening
condition
Autoimmune
Hepatitis
No one is immune from autoimmune hepatitis
Also
see our Autoimmune Hepatitis Pages
The Connection Between Hepatitis C
and Autoimmune Disorders
Autonomic
Overactivity
Bones and Joints
(also Neuropathy)
Bone Loss and HCV
Chronic Hepatitis C May Contribute to an Elevated
Risk of Bone Fractures in Postmenopausal Women
Continue reading "Hepatitis C Complication:
Breast Cancer"
Page Two
Cardiomyopathy
Chronic
fatigue
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis:
Improving Quality Of Life For Patients With
Cirrhosis
Reversibility of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis-is
it all hype? Editorial
Body composition, muscle function, and energy
expenditure in patients with liver cirrhosis: a comprehensive study
Cognitive Dysfuntion
(FOG)
Improved
cognitive function as a consequence of hepatitis C virus treatment
Also:HCV
& Neurologic Dysfunction)Crohns
Disease (Irritable Bowel)
Cryoglobulinemia
Hepatitis C Associated Systemic Cryoglobulinemia:
Successful Treatment With Plasma Exchange
Essential Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
Extrahepatic Manifestations: Essential
Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
Page Three
Dental (caring for our teeth and HCV)
Depression
Diabetes
Diabetes Tied To Recurrence of HCV-Related
Liver Cancer
Diabetes Therapy Improves Peg/RBV Response
Diabetes and Liver Disease
Diabetes:Insulin Resistance Inflames The Liver in HCV
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Hepatitis C strongly linked to type 2 diabetes
Diabetes, HCV and Liver Transplanation
Esophageal varices are a life-threatening
complication of liver disease
Erythema
Nodosum
Page Four
Fatigue and
Liver Disease
Fatigue
Sick and Tired
Fatty Liver (Steatosis)
Fibromyalgia
Extrahepatic Manifestations: Fibromyalgia and
Hepatitis C
FDA Approves First Drug for Treating Fibromyalgia
Gallbladder
How You Can Stop HCV from Leading to
Gallstones
Glomerulonephritis
(Kidney Disease)
Page Five
New Data Suggest that Patients with Chronic Liver
Disease are at Increased Risk for Heart Disease
Liver and heart: A new link? -
ALT Predicts Heart Disease
Hepatitis C and
Sleep
Hypersplenism (Spleen)
Spleen Removal Can Help Hepatitis C Patients with
Cirrhosis Tolerate Treatment
Spleen?
Do we need it?
Immunopathic
or (autoimmune Liver Disease)
HealthWise:
Iron Overload
Liver Iron Levels NOT Directly Linked to Fibrosis
Page Six
Lichen Planus
Liver Cancer
New Treatment for Liver Cancer 'Burns Tumors Off'
N&N makes cancer breakthrough
Coffee Consumption and Risk of Liver Cancer: A
Meta-Analysis. Coffee, 2 Cups Daily, May Reduce Risk for Liver Disease,
ALT Elevations -
Lung Problems
Lymphoma &
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Lymphoma Risk Increased with HCV
Page
Seven
Peripheral Neuropathy (PN)
Peripheral Neuropathy:
A Study on Prevalence & Characteristics
Porphyria
Cutanea Tarda
Extrahepatic Manifestations: Prurigo Nodularis
Pruritus in its most severe form can be debilitating
Raynaud's
Disease
Extrahepatic Manifestations: Raynaud’s
Phenomenon
Page Eight
Continue reading "How to Relieve HCV Symptoms"
Steatosis and Liver Cancer
Scleroderma
Sjogren's
Syndrome
Skin
and HCV (also see Pruritus)
Stroke
Six former Stokes patients have hepatitis C
Hypersplenism (Spleen)
Spleen Removal Can Help Hepatitis C Patients with
Cirrhosis Tolerate Treatment
Spleen?
Do we need it?
Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus
Page Nine
Investigative Eltombopag Shows Promise for
Thrombocytopenia in Hepatitis C Patients:
Danazol Increases Platelet Counts in Thrombocytopenia
Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C or Cirrhosis
Thyroid
Disease
Varices
Vasculitis
Essential Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Wilson Disease
Wilson’s Disease: a
Genetic but Treatable Liver Disorder |
