Chronic hepatitis C symptoms?

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Chronic hepatitis C is a kind of liver disease, which does great harm to our health. And hepatitis C is still very hidden, not easy to be found by us. Do you know the symptoms of hepatitis C? Through what can you find yourself already suffering from hepatitis C? Now let's have a look.

Chronic hepatitis C symptoms?

(1) The patients with occult onset, positive HCV RNA and / or high alanine aminotransferase (ALT) are the characteristics of chronic hepatitis. The chronic rate is 50% - 70%, 10% - 20% of them can develop cirrhosis, which is higher than HBV infection. It usually takes more than 20 years from hepatitis C to hepatocellular carcinoma. HCV RNA positive and / or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) continuously increased, is a chronic feature. The chronic rate is 50% - 70%, 10% - 20% of them can develop cirrhosis, which is higher than HBV infection.

(2) The source of infection is patients and asymptomatic HCV carriers. The clinical manifestations of hepatitis C are similar to those of hepatitis B, but the symptoms are mild or asymptomatic, and more likely to be chronic. The incidence of jaundice is low, ALT is lower than that of hepatitis B, and extrahepatic manifestations are rare.

(3) 30-39 years old is the high incidence age. The incidence rate of hepatitis C is high among intravenous drug users, multiple transfusion and hemodialysis patients. There are three types of ALT: monophasic, multimodal and biphasic. Monophasic type is a kind of acute self limiting HCV infection with a good prognosis. Multimodality is a sign of progression to chronic hepatitis. Biphasic type is in the early course of the disease after ALT decline and rise, aggravation of the disease, often with jaundice.

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Some patients with hepatitis C may have obstructive jaundice such as transient pale stool color, pruritus and bradycardia. The signs were accompanied by hepatomegaly, tenderness and percussion pain. Some cases had mild splenomegaly. ALT and bilirubin increased in liver function test, and urine bilirubin was positive. The symptoms of hepatitis C gradually disappeared, jaundice subsided, liver and spleen retracted, and liver function gradually returned to normal.