Saturday, June 10, 2017

Sorry, You're Not Sick Enough: Approach to Hep C Defies Logic

Sorry, You're Not Sick Enough: Approach to Hep C Defies Logic
You've never heard Randy's story before, but you probably have patients just like him.

Randy tested positive for hepatitis C two years ago, just one of roughly 34,000 Americans diagnosed with the disease in 2015. That year, the number of new hepatitis C virus infections reported to the CDC reached a 15-year high, nearly triple the number from 2010.

The CDC attributes that spike, in part, to increased use of injection drugs, and the agency estimates that 3.5 million Americans are infected with hepatitis C virus. That staggering number makes it the most common bloodborne infection in the country. At least 75 percent of those patients will develop chronic infection, which can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer.

Source
American Family Physician
The AAFP’s peer-reviewed, evidence-based clinical journal offers concise, easy-to-read clinical review articles for physicians and other health care professionals.

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