Hepatitis C is a disease of the liver in which it becomes inflamed due to infection. The liver removes harmful chemicals from the blood, stores energy, helps fight infection, helps digest food and stores nutrients and vitamins. Treatments and...
Hepatitis C is a serious viral disease that causes severe inflammation to the liver. Phyllis Balch says in her book "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" that hepatitis C reduces the liver's ability to properly process and store certain...
Hepatitis C is an inflammation of the liver that often becomes chronic. Pegylated interferon and ribavirin are considered the standard treatments for this infection. These prescription drugs have numerous side effects and patients must be alert...
Hepatitis C is the most serious form of hepatitis, and it results in an inflamed, tender and enlarged liver, and ultimately severe liver damage. The liver is needed to filter out toxins, and hepatitis C sufferers may experience a buildup of toxins...
Alcohol is processed by the liver and results in some toxic chemicals being generated. When consumed in large quantities, alcohol can result in inflammation of the liver, also known as alcoholic hepatitis, which requires treatment.
Hepatitis C is a chronic viral infection that causes inflammation in your liver. You may not even know you are infected, because many people with hepatitis C are asymptomatic. According to a 2004 review in "Annals of Internal Medicine," about 2...
Hepatitis C is an infection that is transmitted through blood, according to the National Institutes of Health; for example, intravenous drug users are at an increased risk of contracting hepatitis C. As of September 2009, no vaccination is...
According to the University of California, about 4 million Americans are infected with hepatitis C. There is no known cure for the disease, but herbal supplements have become popular for those hoping it will offer one. If you are considering an...
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It spreads through infected blood, sexual contact and from mother to child during childbirth. According to the National Institutes of Health, most people with hepatitis C are...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 3.2 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is a contagious disease that infects the liver and causes inflammation, preventing the liver from properly...
Hepatitis A is a highly contagious virus that affects the liver. Hepatitis A is often contracted by consuming contaminated food or water or by coming into contact with an infected person. Mild cases of hepatitis A may not require treatment, and...
Hepatitis C is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis C virus, which leads to swelling of the liver. Abdominal pain and swelling, jaundice, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea and fever are the common symptoms of hepatitis C infection, which...
Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Chronic HCV is thought to be the cause of half of the cases of serious liver disorders such as cirrhosis and liver cancer, which may eventually result in death....
Hepatitis C is one of six different forms of the virus, and, according to the Mayo Clinic, hepatitis C is one of the more serious. If you didn't know you were exposed to hepatitis C and you never went to the doctor for check ups, you'd never know...
Hepatitis C is one of the more serious hepatitis viruses that you can get. MayoClinic.com states that hepatitis C is passed from person to person via contaminated blood. Sexual contact, shared needles, childbirth and blood transfusions received...
Hepatitis C is a viral infection that attacks the liver, according to MayoClinic.com. There is an acute form that is over quickly, but at least 75 percent of people who contract hepatitis C develop the chronic form of the illness, which can linger...
The hepatitis B virus causes the liver to become inflamed. There are two forms of hepatitis B--acute and chronic. In the acute form, liver inflammation resolves in six months or less. The chronic form is when the inflammation persists for longer...
The chronic viral disease hepatitis C causes inflammation and swelling of the liver. Many hepatitis C patients use alternative health treatments along with standard medical care, reports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A supplement of...
Hepatic hemangioma is a liver tumor that is chiefly composed of abnormally large blood vessels. Hemangiomas are the most common noncancerous tumors that originate from the liver, according to MedlinePlus, a National Institutes of Health website....
Hepatitis C is a virus that affects the liver. It is highly contagious and can be passed from one person to another through intimate contact, or through the use of unclean piercing utensils or syringes. Hepatitis C can also be passed through food,...
Hepatitis C, also known as hepatitis C viral infection, is a contagious liver disease that affects an estimated 180 million people worldwide, according to 2011 information from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)....
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infection that causes inflammation of the liver. The condition is chronic, leading to compromised liver function, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) states that roughly...
Hepatitis C, a viral disease that causes liver inflammation, is one of the most common blood borne infections among Americans. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, over 4 million Americans and 180 million people worldwide are...
Hepatitis C is a chronic liver disease caused by a virus. Hep C has no cure; however, there are treatment options that may slow the progression of the disease. Interferon injections are the most common treatment, but they produce severe side...
Hepatitis A is inflammation and swelling of the liver resulting from the hepatitis A virus. This virus is usually found in the feces and blood of an infected individual approximately 15 to 45 days prior to the onset of symptoms, according to the...
Chronic viral hepatitis C can cause liver damage, cirrhosis and cancer. In 2010, the virus infected about 1.5 percent of the American population, according to PubMed Health. About 85 percent of those infected develop chronic hepatitis C. Since...
Chronic hepatitis C is an illness caused by the hepatitis C virus. There are several ways that you could develop this condition, including being born to a mother infected with the hepatitis C virus, having sexual intercourse with an infected...
In 2008, 47 percent of Americans over the age of 12 had tried an illicit drug, according to Drug War Facts. Prescription drug abuse in adolescents, older adults and women is on the rise, says the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Drug...
Autoimmune hepatitis is a condition in which your immune system recognizes your own liver cells as a foreign invader and attacks them. The National Center for Biotechnology Information states that autoimmune hepatitis may occur in combination with...
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