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Specific Late Symptoms of Hepatitis C

When the liver becomes badly damaged with cirrhosis, and liver failure occurs, a person may experience several late symptoms of hepatitis C, including:

Fluid buildup in the stomach area and legs, Intestinal bleeding, slowed mental function,  bleeding or bruising  and Itchy skin ,personality changes,Coma or death.

When liver failure occurs in a person with hepatitis C, they may also develop:

Bleeding in the stomach and esophagus (known as varices)Insulin resistance Type 2 diabetes,high blood pressure within the liver (portal hypertension), Sensitivity to medication,Gallstones.

Late Symptoms of Hepatitis C: Summary

It is important to know that the hepatitis C virus, or HCV, can affect you much differently than it does someone else. For example, some people have very bad cirrhosis and late symptoms of hepatitis C after many years of having hepatitis C, while others have very few scars. Of the people who have the virus for 20 years, approximately 20 percent (1 out of 5 patients) will have severe scarring, or cirrhosis, in their liver. Once cirrhosis develops, the person is at risk for many life-threatening complications of hepatitis C liver disease.

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The only effective treatment for people with end-stage liver disease is a liver transplant. Chronic hepatitis C virus is the most frequent cause of liver transplantation in the United States. Most people who receive a liver transplant for hepatitis C survive for at least five years after their transplant, but almost always, the hepatitis C virus returns.

If you're diagnosed with hepatitis C or end-stage liver disease, it's very important that you see a doctor who specializes in gastrointestinal diseases or liver diseases (hepatologist).

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