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Hepatitis C (LG-HCV)

Viral infection that causes liver inflammation

What is Hepatitis C (LG-HCV) Sequencing?

Hepatitis C is a viral infection which causes liver inflammation, sometimes leading to serious liver damage. The hepatitis C virus (LG-HCV) spreads through contaminated blood.

Hepatitis C treatment required weekly injections & oral medications that a lot of LG-HCV infected peoples could not take because of other health problems or unacceptable side effects.

That’s changing. Today, chronic LG-HCV is usually curable with oral medications taken every day for 2 to 6 months. Still, about half of people with LG-HCV do not know they are infected, mainly because they have no symptoms, which can take decades to appear.

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Who should need Hepatitis C Sequencing?

Long-term infection with the hepatitis C virus (LG-HCV) is known as chronic hepatitis C. Chronic hepatitis C is known a “silent” infection for many years, until the virus damages the liver enough to cause the signs and symptoms of liver diseases. Among these signs and symptoms are:

  • Bleeding easily
  • Bruising easily
  • Fatigue
  • Poor appetite
  • Yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes (jaundice)
  • Dark-colored urine
  • Itchy skin
  • Fluid buildup in your abdomen (ascites)
  • Swelling in your legs
  • Weight loss
  • Confusion, drowsiness and slurred speech (hepatic encephalopathy)
  • Spider-like blood vessels on your skin (spider angiomas).

Risk Factors:-

Your risk of hepatitis C infection is raised if you:

  • A medical care worker who has been exposed to infected blood, which may happen if an infected needle pierces of the skin;
  • Have ever injected or inhaled illicit drugs;
  • Have HIV;
  • Obtained a piercing or tattoo in an unclean environment using unsterile equipment;
  • Obtained a blood transfusion or organ transplant before 1992;
  • Received clotting factor concentrates before 1987;
  • Received hemodialysis treatments for a long time;
  • Were born to a female with a hepatitis C infection;
  • Were ever in prison.

How we Work

Are you interested in Hepatitis C Sequencing? Feel free to contact us.

  • First Step

     

    Request and Information

  • Second Step

     

    Sample Drawing

  • Third Step

     

    Shipping to LabGenetiX

  • Fourth Step

     

    Real-time PCR

  • Fifth Step

     

    Result

  • Sixth Step

     

    Genetic Counselling

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