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 notice symptoms. Get tested immediately if you think you may have been exposed to hepatitis C. If you do get symptoms, they may include:

  • Fatigue
  • Nausea (feeling sick) or general abdominal pain
  • Muscle and/or joint pain
  • Loss of appetite
  • Jaundice (skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow)
  • Dark urine 
  • Light color stool (white/gray)
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Not sure you have hepatitis C?

Not sure if your symptoms are hepatitis C? Take an STI test! Even if you have no symptoms, but a sexual partner may have hepatitis C or you've experienced another high-risk situation, it's wise to get tested. Order your test at Soapoli-online to save yourself an awkward visit to the GGD or GP. You can test from 8 weeks after you may have been exposed to hepatitis C to be sure of a reliable result. If the test shows that you have hepatitis C, we'll also help you access the right 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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This page has been carefully compiled with information from official and independent health organizations:

Why choose Soapoli-online?

Soapoli-online has been offering comprehensive STI care for over 10 years. Think you may have an STI? Take a test to be sure. More than 50,000 people a year rely on our home STI tests. Our test kits are available at up to 500 pharmacies and, of course, in our web shop. Our team of expert STI nurses is ready to help you every step of the way towards a healthy body, from choosing the right test to ordering treatment.