Am I number 12?: Hepatitis C Awareness Day

1 in 12 have Hep C

01/10/09 - Hepatitis Awareness Day. Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus that predominantly infects the cells of the liver. This can cause inflammation of and sometimes significant damage to the liver and affect its ability to perform its many, varied and essential functions.

Because of the common absence of symptoms, many people are unaware that they have a hepatitis C infection until some time after infection. Another reason so many people with hepatitis C remain undiagnosed is that many of the symptoms are subjective. http://www.hepctrust.org.uk/hepatitis-c/

Getting tested at the GUM clinic is the only way that you will know for sure. You can find out where your local services are by using the easy postcode locator function at http://www.condomessentialwear.co.uk/

Posted: September 8, 2009 by Pete (updated December 14, 2009)