The hepatitis C virus, which causes the infection, spreads through contact with infected people’s blood or bodily fluids, resulting in hepatitis C, a liver infection that can cause serious liver damage.
Stages of Hepatitis C
People can be affected by the hepatitis C virus in various ways, and it goes through different stages:
- Incubation period.It can last between 14 and 80 days, but on average, it lasts 45 days from the moment of first exposure until the disease manifests itself.
- Acute hepatitis C.After the first six months of the virus’s inoculation into the body, this is a short-term illness that passes for some people; after that, the virus may clear on its own.
- Chronic hepatitis C.A long-term infection, which can result in serious health issues like liver cancer or cirrhosis, develops if your body doesn’t eliminate the virus on its own after six months.
- Cirrhosis.It typically takes about 20 to 30 years for this disease to manifest, though it can happen sooner if we drink alcohol or have HIV. This disease causes inflammation that, over time, replaces your healthy liver cells with scar tissue.
Liver cancer.
Symptoms of Hepatitis C
However, between two weeks and six months after the virus enters the bloodstream; many hepatitis C patients begin to experience symptoms.
- Clay-colored stool
- Dark urine
- Fever
- Fatigue
- Dark urine and yellow eyes are symptoms of the condition known as jaundice.
- Joint pain
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Stomach pain
- Vomiting
- Edema or ascites, which are fluid accumulations in the legs,
- Gallstones
- (Encephalopathy) Brain function is impaired
- Kidney failure
- Easy bleeding and bruising
- Intense itching
- Muscle loss
- difficulty concentrating and remembering things
- Skin veins that resemble spiders
- esophageal varices, which cause lower esophageal bleeding, can cause vomiting blood.
- Weight loss
Causes of Hepatitis C
By coming into contact with an infected person’s blood or bodily fluids, hepatitis C-infected blood enters the bloodstream and spreads.
- sharing needles and drugs for injection
- having sex, particularly if you have an STD, HIV, multiple partners, or engage in rough sex
- having contaminated needles stick you
- Mothers can pass birth onto their children.
- Shared use of nail clippers, razor blades, and other personal care products
- having a piercing or tattoo performed using unkempt equipment
Hepatitis C can not spread by these things:
- if your nipples aren’t bloody and cracked, you should breastfeed.
- Casual contact
- Coughing
- Hugging
- Holding hands
- Kissing
- Mosquito bites
- Sharing eating utensils
- Sharing food or drink
- Sneezing
Hepatitis C Risk Factors
Getting tested for the illness is advised by the CDC if you:
- blood was given to them by a diseased donor.
- ever used drugs by injection or inhalation
- had an organ transplant or blood transfusion prior to July 1992
- had blood treatment prior to 1987 for clotting issues
- were among the age group with the highest infection rate who were born between 1945 and 1965.
- been undergoing chronic kidney dialysis
- Have HIV
- were born to a hepatitis C-positive mother
- displaying liver disease symptoms
- received a tattoo or piercing using unkempt tools
- incarcerated now or in the past
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C
helidonium Majus:The patient’s presenting symptoms include jaundice with pain, bloated abdomen, significant lethargy, weakness, reduced appetite, nausea, and vomiting. It is prepared from the flowers of celandine, acts on the hepatobiliary system, and restores overall liver function.
China Officinalis:The patient might also experience weakness, trembling, ringing in the ears, flatulence in the abdomen, a gassy feeling, and bile vomiting in addition to intermittent fevers, headaches, gallstones, dyspepsia, and hemorrhages.
Bryonia Alba:This is prepared from the plant known as wild hops, after potentization, and is helpful in patients who suffer from dyspepsia, migraine, bronchitis, joint pains, back pain, menstrual issues, and respiratory tract infections.
Kali Carbonicum:It is commonly used in liver dysfunctions like nephrotic syndrome, cirrhosis, and hepatitis C. The patient may have liver atrophy, cirrhosis, heaviness in the abdomen, or jaundice. He or she could also be restless, excitable, and nervous. The pain could be relieved by taking aspirin. The active ingredient acts of multiple bodily systems including kidneys, liver, digestive, blood, bones, lungs, etc. It is
As with all homeopathy medications, it is not recommended to self-medicate with additional medications like Lycopodium, Belladonna, Nux Vomica, and Aconite.
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