Hepatitis C symptoms

  • The early stage of hepatitis C (acute hepatitis), rarely causes symptoms and is easily treatable.
  • If hepatitis C stays in your body for longer than 6 months, it's called chronic hepatitis C. This can progressively damage your liver.
  • If you do develop symptoms, they may include fatigue, loss of appetite or jaundice.
  • Most people get no symptoms of hepatitis C at all. If in doubt, always do an STI test to be sure.
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Not sure if you have hepatitis C symptoms?

In the early stages of hepatitis C, you often don't notice much. In fact, most people don't get any symptoms at all. If you do get symptoms, they're often very general, such as fatigue and loss of appetite. Read more about the symptoms of hepatitis C and when it's wise to get tested - even if you have no symptoms.

Only 10% of people with an acute hepatitis C infection develop symptoms. If it's very soon after getting the virus, you're unlikely to notice much. If symptoms do develop, it usually happens between 2 and 26 weeks after being exposed to the virus.

The exact timing varies from person to person. Many people with hepatitis C have no symptoms for years, except for some fatigue. This often indicates chronic hepatitis C.

Hepatitis C symptoms

You often don't notice symptoms of acute hepatitis C. So don't wait to get tested until you may notice symptoms, but get tested immediately if you have been at risk for hepatitis C. If you do develop symptoms, they may include:

  • Fatigue
  • Nausea or indistinct abdominal pain
  • Muscle and/or joint pain
  • Reduced appetite
  • Jaundice (yellow skin and whites of the eyes)
  • Dark urine 
  • Light color stool (white/gray)
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Sure you have hepatitis C?

Unsure if your symptoms fit hepatitis C? Take an STI test! Even if you have no symptoms, but have been warned by a sex partner or have experienced another high-risk situation, it is smart to get tested. Order your test at Soapoli-online to save yourself an uncomfortable visit to the GGD or GP. You can test from 2 weeks after the risk moment. This way you can be sure that the result is reliable. Does the test indicate that you have hepatitis C? Then we will also help you with the next steps for treatment.

How does an STI test work?

How does an online home STI test work?

1. Take the FREE STI test guide

Use our FREE STI Testing Guide, and get instant answers on which STI home test you need and the most reliable time to test.

2. Completely anonymous ordering and delivery

Soapoli-online delivers your STI home test discreetly. Order before 10.45 pm for delivery the next working day. Follow the clear instructions and to take the STI home test yourself..

3. Send your sample to our lab for FREE.

Send your sample to our ISO-certified laboratory free of charge. The reliability of home STI testing is the same as testing through the GP or GGD.

4. Get your results

The results of your home STI test will be visible within 1-3 working days in our results portal.

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Why choose Soapoli-online?

Soapoli-online has been offering complete STI care for more than 10 years. Think you recognize the symptoms of an STI? Take a test to find out for sure. More than 50,000 people a year already rely on our home STI testing. The test kits are available at as many as 500 pharmacies and, of course, in our online store. Our team of expert STD nurses is ready to help you every step of the way toward a healthy body. From choosing the test to ordering medication.