Hepatitis C Treatment, What Patients Need to Know

1.Hepatitis C treatment focuses on anti-hepatitis C virus treatment, the purpose of treatment is to clear the virus, prevent the disease from progressing, and obtain a sustained viral response, and antiviral treatment is a long-term process, the shortest is 48 weeks, the longest is 72 weeks or even longer. 2. At present, the standard antiviral treatment program in China is interferon combined with ribavirin. 3, antiviral treatment time is long, timely and regular follow-up is indispensable, follow-up is the best fixed hospital, fixed department, even fixed doctor’s outpatient follow-up, it is recommended that in the first 3 months of the treatment, follow-up once a month, each time the patient needs to bring the relevant information of his previous examination, after 3 months, it is recommended that every 2-3 months follow-up once, the follow-up process of testing the blood, liver and kidney function, in the treatment of the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th months and the end of the treatment course testing of hepatitis C, and the follow-up process is recommended. Hepatitis C virus quantification should be tested at the end of the treatment course, and thyroid function should be tested in the course of treatment. 4, the patient’s age, ethnicity, alcohol consumption, application of immunosuppressant, adherence to treatment, and whether it is combined with other diseases may affect the treatment efficacy of the patient. The patients should control their weight, avoid drinking alcohol and staying up late. 5, patients in the use of anti-hepatitis C virus treatment process there is a risk of adverse reactions to ribavirin, interferon. Even the risk of forced discontinuation of medication due to adverse reactions.