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About 4 million Americans -- 2% of the population -- have hepatitis C. Hepatitis C usually goes unnoticed for many years -- possibly up to 10 to 20 years -- and is often first discovered through abnormal liver tests found in routine bloodwork.
A few people shake off hepatitis C infection soon after infection. Most -- 75% to 85% -- get a chronic infection.
Eventually some seven out of 10 people with chronic hepatitis C infections will get liver disease. Fewer than 3% of people die of this disease. However, so many people are infected it's become the leading cause of liver transplants.
Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD, May 2003.
About 4 million Americans -- 2% of the population -- have hepatitis C. Hepatitis C usually goes unnoticed for many years -- possibly up to 10 to 20 years -- and is often first discovered through abnormal liver tests found in routine bloodwork.
A few people shake off hepatitis C infection soon after infection. Most -- 75% to 85% -- get a chronic infection.
Eventually some seven out of 10 people with chronic hepatitis C infections will get liver disease. Fewer than 3% of people die of this disease. However, so many people are infected it's become the leading cause of liver transplants.
Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD, May 2003.
