Hepatitis C is a serious disease, but what else do you need to know about this illness? In this section, you’ll find information on:
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Quick Facts on HEP C
- Hep C is caused by a virus carried in blood. It attacks your liver.
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- The virus is passed by blood-to-blood contact.
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- You might not have symptoms for many years. By that time the liver damage could be serious. During that whole time you could pass the virus on to other people.
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- sharing needles, pipes, straws, cookers, filters, ties, or water for drug use with anyone else, including your sexual partner.
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- piercing or tattooing equipment (including ink) already used on someone else.
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- Sometimes you can get Hep C from:
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- anything that might have blood on it, like razors, nail clippers and toothbrushes already used by someone else, even if you can’t see the blood.
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- unprotected sex with someone who has Hep C.
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