Recently, more hepatitis C patients have been seeking medical attention, and some problems have been found in the patients’ previous treatment, and several issues have been elaborated to patients in order to enable more hepatitis C patients to receive more effective treatment! 1, again stressed the importance of hepatitis C antibody – anti-HCV test: one: hepatitis C is a curable disease; two: hepatitis C is very insidious, generally patients will not have obvious discomfort, three: once infected with hepatitis C, 85% will develop into chronic hepatitis C, and even further development of hepatitis cirrhosis or even liver cancer; four: hepatitis C infection The development of cirrhosis is much faster than hepatitis B: five: hepatitis C developed into cirrhosis or even liver cancer, even after liver transplantation, the effect is far from good hepatitis B, an important point is that it is more likely to relapse! Six: At present, no effective preventive vaccine for hepatitis C has been developed! Therefore, early detection of hepatitis C infection is very important! 2, many ways can be infected with hepatitis C: for example, ever blood transfusion, blood donation (currently there are very few patients infected through blood donation), surgical treatment (including very minor surgery, such as eyebrow tattoo, tattoo, hemorrhoid surgery, etc.), unclean injections, etc.. Therefore, any hospital laboratory tests for other diseases can be added to the anti-HCV test, in order to early exclude and detect hepatitis C infection, early intervention and treatment. 3, HCV virus typing must be performed before treatment of hepatitis C: because hepatitis C can generally be divided into types 1-6, most of our country is type 1 and type 2, the former is difficult to treat (type 1b), the latter is well-treated (type 2a). If the local hospital is not yet able to perform genetic testing, it is best to go to an outside hospital to perform genetic testing before starting treatment! 4, antiviral treatment needs to extend the course of treatment: according to the treatment routine, genotype 1 (refractory) treatment course needs 48 weeks, genotype 2 (good type) treatment course needs 24 weeks, but so, six months after stopping the drug, there will be about 20% of patients relapse, so it is not cost-effective for patients. Therefore, in my opinion, the treatment course must be extended if you want to be relapse-free! In addition, whether the course of treatment needs to be extended also depends on many factors such as whether the patient chooses long-acting interferon or regular interferon (one injection every other day) when treating! Generally need to extend the course of treatment for at least 3 months to 6 months. 5, pay attention to the role of ribavirin in antiviral therapy: ribavirin also belongs to the antiviral drugs, the addition of ribavirin, not only can improve the efficacy (at least a third of the overall efficacy), but also can reduce the chances of relapse. 6, pay attention to the efficacy prediction: At present, in the treatment of hepatitis C, great importance is attached to the prediction of long-term efficacy: at week 4 (rapid virological response – referred to as RVR), week 12 (early virological complete response or partial response – referred to as – cEVR and pEVR, respectively), the efficacy of this 4 and 12 weeks can predict the efficacy of 48 weeks and 72 weeks (six months after discontinuation). The majority of patients should be able to tolerate the side effects of alpha interferon: the current treatment for hepatitis C is the same worldwide, and it is not possible to do without interferon! The vast majority of patients can tolerate the side effects of interferon. However, the side effects of interferon are numerous and sometimes severe. Therefore, patients should see an experienced doctor, follow medical advice, and have regular reviews! This way, you can be sure that you will get a good cure for your chronic hepatitis C and avoid the adverse effects on your physical and mental health!