While acute hepatitis C is often asymptomatic, over half of hepatitis C cases lead to chronic infection. This can be life threatening. Because of this, chronic hepatitis C requires treatment.
Hepatitis C. It’s estimated that about 2.7 to 3.9 million people in the U.S. have chronic hepatitis C with about 17,000 new hepatitis C cases each year. This virus comes from infected blood that ...