Hepatitis C Liver Disease

Hepatitis C Facts

Hepatitis C liver disease is caused by the hepatitis C virus, which is also commonly known as HCV.

Persons with an acute hepatitis C infection often have no symptoms or mild symptoms.

Here are some other important hepatitis C facts.

According to hepatitis c statistics collected by a number of health organizations approximately 170 million people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis C virus. That's approximately 3 percent of the world population. Hepatitis C rates may be as high as 15 percent in some parts of Asia and Africa. Egypt appears to have the highest infection rate in the world at more than 15 percent.

Chronic hepatitis C liver disease develops in about two thirds of all cases of acute infection.

Chronic liver disease results in 60-70 percent of those with a chronic hepatitis C infection.

Severe liver disease develops in 10-20 percent of infected persons.

Chronic hepatitis C is the most common reason for liver transplants in the U.S.

It's believed that about 170 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C. That's about 3 percent.

Hepatitis C rates are as high as 15 percent in some countries in Africa and Asia. More than 15 percent of the population of Egypt is believed to be infected with the hepatitis C virus (highest in the world).

How do you get hepatitis C? The hepatitis C virus is usually transmitted through an exchange of blood.

Contracting hepatitis C does not usually occur through sexual contact.

The most common mode of transmitting the hepatitis C virus in the United States is needle sharing by injection drug users.

Hepatitis C risk for travelers Contracting hepatitis C liver disease when you're traveling is generally unlikely.

Nonetheless, anyone traveling to countries where hepatitis C is highly prevalent should consider how much they may be in direct contact with blood, particularly blood transfusions. Standards of blood screening are not as high in some countries as in the U.S.

Civilian travelers and military personnel should be especially careful if they plan to get tattoos, have any body piercing done, or have any cosmetic procedures done that exposes them to contaminated equipment or needles.

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