Hepatitis c

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1. Hepatitis C

2. Hepatitis C is a virus that may harm your liver. People get hepatitis C from the blood of a person who already has the virus   What is hepatitis C?

3. Hepatitis C does not usually make children feel sick, but it is important to have regular checkups to make sure your liver stays healthy. This is because sometimes a person’s liver can be sick without making them feel sick.

4. Hepatitis C is carried in your blood. To get hepatitis C, the blood of someone who has hepatitis C had to get mixed into your blood How did I get hepatitis C?

5. Some children get hepatitis C from their mom, but it happens rarely. This can happen if the mom already has hepatitis C and some of her blood gets mixed with baby’s blood around the time the baby is born. There is nothing a mom can do to prevent passing hepatitis C to her baby.

6. Other children may get hepatitis C from coming into contact with needles or other equipment that have the virus on them. This is why it is important not to touch needles or other sharp objects that you may find in a park or elsewhere.

7. It´s important to take care of yourself and your liver.

8. This is not likely to happen, but it is still important that you do not let anyone else touch your blood or that you do not touch anyone else’s blood either Do I risk giving hepatitis C to someone else?

9. You should not share your toothbrush with anyone. When you are older, if you use a razor for shaving, you should not share it with anyone either. You cannot give someone else hepatitis C by playing with them, sitting next to them at school, hugging them or kissing them.

10. For most people, hepatitis C does not go away on its own. It might stay with you for your whole life. There are medicines that can cure hepatitis C; they will be available to you once you become an adult. To stay healthy when you have hepatitis C, it is important to take care of yourself and your liver. Will my hepatitis C ever go away?

11. Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by a virus. Hepatitis C is a difficult disease to pass on, not like the flu or a cold. You cannot give Hepatitis C to your friends when you do your regular activities such as playing, sitting next to your friends in class or hugging them . Key points

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