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Hepatitis C Prevention | What is it?
Your liver is a vital organ that is responsible for processing nutrients, filtering the blood and fight infections. If it becomes inflamed or damaged, can not properly perform their functions. One of the viral diseases that can affect the liver is hepatitis C, a contagious, chronic and common experience about 3.2 million people in the United States. Most even have to know the consequences can be very serious damage to health. And most worrying is that some 17, 000 people are infected each year. Therefore it is very important to learn to prevent it.
You know what is hepatitis? The term generally refers to inflammation of the liver. This inflammation or a virus, or toxins (either from excessive alcohol, certain drugs, industrial solvents, certain plants) or as a result of certain medical conditions (an autoimmune disease, among others). There are a variety of hepatitis caused by different viruses and there are many, but the most common are hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. On this occasion we shall discuss in more detail for hepatitis C. Read the rest of this entry »