Hepatitis C: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments
10. Prognosis
For most people, hepatitis C is a progressive disease. Only about ten to 15 percent of patients have a self-limited infection. About 20 percent develop cirrhosis within 20 years, and as many as five percent develop liver cancer within 30 years.
These complications are more likely in people with alcoholism or who have a concurrent hepatitis B infection. Early treatment can help; the lower the viral load, the lower the risk of complications.
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