Hepatitis C can be completely cured!

  In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of patients with chronic hepatitis C. The high rate of cirrhosis and liver cancer has created a large psychological burden for people. Some people even pessimistically believe that chronic hepatitis C is incurable like hepatitis B!  In fact, this is a big misconception. Even patients with chronic hepatitis B can be effectively controlled and even partially cured with the current treatment protocols.  The cure rate for hepatitis C is over 80%! The latest hepatitis C antiviral drugs available in the United States have increased the cure rate for hepatitis C, including cirrhosis, to more than 90 percent. So, as long as we standardize treatment, hepatitis C can be completely cured!  Note in the treatment: 1, because of the insidious transmission route of hepatitis C, it is recommended that we check 1 hepatitis C antibody every year during the physical examination, simple and accurate; 2, positive hepatitis C antibody is not necessarily hepatitis C, only positive hepatitis C virus content (HCV-RNA) (>10*3) can confirm the diagnosis of hepatitis C; it is best to do a high precision hepatitis C virus content test, which can detect up to 15 viruses.  3, within 6 months of infection with hepatitis C timely interferon treatment for 24 weeks, the cure rate of more than 80%, so the discovery of infection with hepatitis C should be actively treated, the earlier the better; 4, after treatment, the virus turns negative, to do high precision hepatitis C virus content test again to determine the virus clearance, to prevent false negatives and affect the cure rate; 5, must try to complete the course of treatment under the guidance of the doctor to ensure quality and quantity and ensure that the interferon and ribavirin dose is sufficient 6, the conditions allow, to ensure the use of high precision viral content testing technology to detect the virus negative for at least 11 months; 7, liver function abnormalities must be treated, otherwise the disease progresses quickly; 8, has progressed to cirrhosis of the liver see my related articles; 9, for various reasons can not be treated or can not tolerate treatment, can ensure normal liver function under the circumstances of waiting for new drugs.