Best Doctors for Hepatitis C Treatment in Bhopal

Hepatitis C is viral infection caused by HCV(Hepatitis C virus) that affects the liver. The infection if transmitted by sharing needles, blood transfusion from an infected person without screening, mother to child during childbirth or pregnancy ,tattooing or piercing by contaminated needles and sexual transmission(rare). The signs and symptoms include Jaundice( yellowish discoloration of skin, eyes and mucous membranes), abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant, dark coloured urine, nausea, muscle pain, joints pain , loss of appetite, weakness, low grade fever etc. Although some cases resolve spontaneously ,others might develop chronic hepatitis C infection (lasts for longer duration) and leads to complications like cirrhosis, liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma(liver cancer), portal hypertension etc. Hence early diagnosis and treatment is essential to prevent complications via antiviral drugs, life style modifications and other supportive care.