Complications of Chronic Hepatitis C

Complications list for Chronic Hepatitis C:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Chronic Hepatitis C includes:

• Cirrhosis
• Chronic liver disease
• End-stage liver disease
• Liver cancer
• Mother-infant contagion (see Birth symptoms) - only about 5% of babies born to HCV mothers have HCV
• Cryoglobulinemia
• Glomerulonephritis
• Porphyria cutanea tarda

See also the symptoms of Chronic Hepatitis C and Chronic Hepatitis C: Introduction.

Complications of Chronic Hepatitis C:

Chronic Hepatitis C Current Disease Management: NIDDK (Excerpt)

A distinct and major characteristic of hepatitis C is its tendency to cause chronic liver disease. At least 75 percent of patients with acute hepatitis C ultimately develop chronic infection, and most of these patients have accompanying chronic liver disease. (Source: excerpt from Chronic Hepatitis C Current Disease Management: NIDDK)

Chronic Hepatitis C Current Disease Management: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Researchers estimate that at least 20 percent of patients with chronic hepatitis C develop cirrhosis, a process that takes 10 to 20 years. After 20 to 40 years, a smaller percentage of patients with chronic disease develop liver cancer. (Source: excerpt from Chronic Hepatitis C Current Disease Management: NIDDK)

Chronic Hepatitis C Current Disease Management: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Chronic hepatitis C can cause cirrhosis, liver failure, and liver cancer. About 20 percent of patients develop cirrhosis within 10 to 20 years of the onset of infection. Liver failure from chronic hepatitis C is one of the most common reasons for liver transplants in the United States. Hepatitis C might be the most common cause of primary liver cancer in the developed world. In Italy, Spain, and Japan, at least half of liver cancers could be related to HCV. Men, alcoholics, patients with cirrhosis, people over age 40, and those infected for 20 to 40 years are more likely to develop HCV-related liver cancer. (Source: excerpt from Chronic Hepatitis C Current Disease Management: NIDDK)

Chronic Hepatitis C Current Disease Management: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Other complications of chronic hepatitis C are

• Glomerulonephritis

• Porphyria cutanea tarda.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

About complications:

Complications of Chronic Hepatitis C are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Chronic Hepatitis C. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Chronic Hepatitis C and complications of Chronic Hepatitis C is unclear or arbitrary.

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