Symptoms
of Hep C

Many people with hepatitis C do not have symptoms and do not know they are infected. Symptoms can include:

  • Yellow skin or eyes
  • Loss of appetite
  • Upset stomach
  • Throwing up
  • Stomach pain
  • Fever
  • Dark urine
  • Light-colored stool
  • Joint pain
  • Tiredness/Exhaustion

People living with Hepatitis C often have no symptoms. It may take years for symptoms to develop. Eventually, if you do experience symptoms, it is often an indication that you may have advanced disease.

What is Hepatitis C and How Does It Spread?

Hepatitis means “inflammation of the liver”. If the liver is inflamed or damaged, this can affect the liver’s ability to filter your blood. Hepatitis C passes from one person to another through contact with blood containing the virus. Most people who are exposed to the Hepatitis C virus will go on to have chronic illness and require treatment. Hepatitis C can cause liver disease, liver cancer, and possible even death.

Symptoms of Hep C

Many people with hepatitis C do not have symptoms and do not know they are infected. Symptoms can include:

People living with Hepatitis C often have no symptoms. It may take years for symptoms to develop. Eventually, if you do experience symptoms, it is often an indication that you may have advanced disease.

Who should be getting tested for Hep C?

– People 18 and older

– Pregnant people (be tested during each pregnancy)

– Persons who inject drugs (currently or even just one time in the past)

– Have ever injected drugs, even if it was one time years ago.

– People living with HIV

– Have abnormal liver tests or liver disease

– A hemodialysis patient

– Received donated blood or organs beforeJuly 1992

– Received clotting factor concentrates before 1987

– Have been exposed to blood from a person who has hepatitis C

– Were born to a mother with hepatitis C

BE TESTED