symptoms

[ina22]

what are the signs and symptoms of a chronic hepatitis C infection?

[Diane12855]

The symptoms, when you do have them are mostly fatigue, body aches, and a kind of brain fog. Very general for lots of disorders. The best thing to do, if you are concerned is to tell your doctor you want to be tested, especially if you remember specific times when you could have been infected.... sharing needles... even once... sharing straws while snorting coke... using personal items (razors, tooth brushes, clippers) that belonged to a known infected person.

There is no reason to sit and wonder when finding out is so easy to do.

[banarep]

for most people there are no signs.  most of us were diagnosed after a simple blood test or when we were trying to give blood.

[kon1946]

Hello there, It would be more wise to search the net for your answer. As much as I would like to answer your question, the answers can already be found just by searching.

[DD9th]

I didn't have any symptoms that I could speak of.  After all, I probably had the disease for 25 years.  It was a blood test that had the red flags that had my doctor test for HepC.  

I think that is what is the most insidious thing about this disease.  You don't know you have it, but it keeps eating away at the health of your liver.  And given how important the liver is to living.... you don't want to see any side effects, it may just be too late to treat it.

[RobertBeWell]

http://www.janis7hepc.com/Symptoms.htm

Check this out. Good site.