SUS may treat hepatitis C with specific medications to remove the virus from the bloodstream.
The average duration of hepatitis C treatment is about 6 months for patients with genotype 2 or 3 and 12 months for others. During this period, the patient is expected to follow all the doctor’s instructions and take the medication correctly because if treatment is discontinued, the risk of death is higher.
During treatment, your doctor may order tests to determine if treatment is working.
Commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C are the combination of interferon pegyle and ribavirin, which can produce unpleasant side effects in some patients, but scientists agree that this is the best form of treatment.
During the use of medicines, the patient will not be able to consume any type of alcohol-containing beverage because alcohol impairs liver function and may increase the risk of chronic hepatitis C resulting in serious complications.
Other remedies that may also be indicated for hepatitis C and greatly increase your chances of recovery are sofosbuvir, simeprevir and daclatasvir, for a period of about 3 months; however, these drugs still have a high economic cost.
In the case of chronic hepatitis C, vaccines against hepatitis A and B are also recommended to reduce the risk of developing these infections and prevent further liver damage.
In hepatitis C, signs of improvement are not always perceived by the patient, as symptoms are not always present; however, in patients with symptoms, their decrease may indicate a reduction in the amount of hepatitis C virus in the blood and tests can confirm whether or not the amount of hepatitis virus decreases.
Signs of worsening are also not obvious, but when test results indicate that the virus remains in the blood, it indicates that the patient will likely develop the chronic form of hepatitis C and this may be considered a sign of worsening of the disease..
Chronic hepatitis C can remain asymptomatic for many years, but complications such as cirrhosis, ascites, liver encephalopathy, and liver cancer can cause metastasis and bleeding in the gastrointestinal system.
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