Hepatitis C (cont.)
Medical Author:
Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP
Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MACPMary 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. Medical Editor:
Bhupinder Anand, MD
IN THIS ARTICLE
When to Seek Medical Care
Call your health care practitioner in any of the following situations. He or she will probably want to see you.
If you cannot reach your health care practitioner and have any of the following symptoms, you should be taken to an emergency department without delay.
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