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Hepatitis C implications

 

Hepatitis C in brief

  • Hepatitis C can become chronic; the body often does not clear the virus on its own.
  • Without treatment, chronic hepatitis C can lead to serious health problems, such as liver cancer. 
  • Often you don't notice the liver damage until late.
  • Unsure if you have been at risk for hepatitis C? Do an STI test just to be sure.


Hepatitis C infection often progresses without obvious symptoms. Yet hepatitis C can cause serious long-term damage to the liver. We tell you more about the possible long-term consequences of hepatitis C, and why timely testing is so important.

Short-term consequences of hepatitis C

In the first weeks to months after infection, you often notice nothing of hepatitis C, or only vague symptoms such as fatigue or nausea. Despite the lack of symptoms, you are already contagious at this point and can transmit hepatitis C to others. This happens frequently at this stage, through infections that have not (yet) been noticed. Therefore, it is important to test at every risk moment. Do you test positive? With modern drugs, hepatitis C is usually completely curable at this stage. This stops liver damage and eliminates infectivity. 

Long-term consequences of hepatitis C

If hepatitis C is not treated, the virus remains in the body. In many cases, the infection becomes chronic and the virus remains active for years, sometimes without you even noticing. Eventually, the virus can cause liver damage. Think scarring, causing the liver to function worse and worse (liver cirrhosis). This ultimately significantly increases the risk of liver cancer. 

Prevent harm: test timely for hepatitis C

The earlier you start treatment, the better your chances of avoiding serious consequences. Therefore, make sure you regularly take a hepatitis C STI test whenever you have risky sexual contact. Even if you feel well; this is the only way to be sure you don't have hepatitis C. Soapoli-Online is at your service with special hepatitis C tests you can take at home. So you save yourself an uncomfortable visit to the doctor or the GGD and you can take the test at your leisure. 

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