Hepatitis C (cont.)

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Medical Author:

Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP

Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Indiana University.

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Bhupinder Anand, MD

Hepatitis C Prognosis

Hepatitis C varies greatly in its long-term effects.

Most people never develop severe complications of the disease.
Approximately 15% to 30% of chronically infected people go on to develop cirrhosis.
Cirrhosis from chronic hepatitis C can lead to liver failure. If damage is severe, liver transplantation is the only treatment.
Inflammation of the liver and cirrhosis from chronic hepatitis C may lead to liver cancer.

A small number of people with hepatitis C develop complications outside the liver. These may affect the skin and connective tissues of the body, the blood or bone marrow, the muscles, the joints, or the kidneys.

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