| Hepatitis C is considered to be quite a
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| | of new symptomatic infections of HCV are
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| tricky disease, due to the fact that the
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| | annually discovered. In US there are
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| virus acts in silence and can infect a
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| | annually 26,000 new HCV infections
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| person for many years until doctors find
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| | discovered.
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| out. The Center for Disease Control
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| | In the future, HCV will become a major
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| (CDC), has declared Hepatitis C to be a
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| | problem for the health system because
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| "silent epidemic" and it seems that 20 to
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| | many people who have only mild symptoms
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| 30 % people affected of chronic Hepatitis
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| | will progress to an end-stage liver and
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| C are exposed to future life threatening
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| | then to liver cancer, so there will be a
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| symptoms.
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| | 528% increase in the need for
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| Hepatitis C was first observed in US in
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| | transplantation over the next 10 or 20
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| 1960, after blood transfusions and drug
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| | years.
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| injections began to be widely applied.
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| | The treatment options include
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| Nobody knew exactly how many people got
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| | conventional interferon (now outdated),
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| affected by the disease, until 1990 when
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| | combined conventional interferon and
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| HCV blood tests have developed. Studies
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| | ribavirin, pegylated interferon, and
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| have proved that in 20 years a person
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| | combined pegylated interferon and
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| affected of chronicle C Hepatitis will
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| | ribavirin. Successful treatment can be
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| develop cirrhosis, and many of them will
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| | achieved in up to 80% of patients
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| turn into liver cancer. Patients with HCV
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| | infected with genotype 2 or 3, and less
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| are considered to be in need for a liver
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| | effective in those with genotype 1.
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| transplant.
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| | There is no natural cure for HCV, the
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| More than 4 million Americans (1.3% of
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| | natural products can only protect and
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| the U.S. population) and 170 million
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| | support the liver. Another medical
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| individuals in the world (3% worldwide)
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| | product is the Maximum Milk Thistle which
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| are infected with hepatitis C virus. The
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| | has scientific validation and is
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| prevalence (number of cases in a
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| | considered to be helpful.
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| population at a specific time) of
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| | Until now, no vaccine has proved to be
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| hepatitis C virus infections varies in
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| | effective, and scientists are still
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| different parts of the world. It seems
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| | looking for a solution. Compounds that
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| that in Eastern Europe the prevalence is
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| | specifically interfere with the
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| higher than in Western Europe. It is
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| | reproduction of the hepatitis C virus are
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| estimated that 13 cases/100,000 persons
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| | now being studied as well.
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