Hepatitis C

OVERVIEW

Hepatitis C (Hep C) affects the liver. You can have it and not know. People can live with Hep C without feeling sick for many years before they have any symptoms. Symptoms often only occur when the damage to the liver becomes severe.

Hep C is passed through blood-to-blood contact. Testing is the only way to know. There is no vaccine to protect against Hep C, but treatment cures over 95% of people with hepatitis C in eight or 12 weeks with few side effects.

It’s important to know that individuals can be infected again even if they have cleared the virus or were successfully treated and cured.

 

PREVENTION

 

TESTING & DIAGNOSIS

 

TREATMENT

 

PROFESSIONALS

 

LOCAL RESOURCES

 

For Further Information

Call the Infectious Disease Program: (807) 625-5900

or toll-free: 1-888-294-6630

 

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