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Hepatitis C: Common Questions About Finishing Hepatitis C Treatment

This information sheet discusses finishing treatment for hepatitis C virus infection. It provides suggestions on what a patient should do after completing treatment, including making a decision about taking a break if the treatment did not clear the virus from one’s blood or trying new drugs right away, talking to the doctor before trying herbs, getting liver function tests every six months or every year, and getting regular checkups.

Hepatitis C: Laboratory Tests and Hepatitis C

This information sheet discusses the laboratory tests doctors use to check the health of a patient with hepatitis C. It explains the importance of liver function tests and other tests, what each test measures, what is considered normal range, the meaning of the test result, and where to get more information.

The Liver: What Is Your Liver

This information sheet discusses the liver, its location and purpose in the body, and some of the diseases that can affect the liver, including viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. It explains the transmission of hepatitis A, B, and C viruses, liver function tests, how to protect the liver from disease, and who to contact for more information.

Liver Cancer

This information sheet discusses liver cancer. It explains what hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is, its symptoms, and what the treatment for HCC entails. It also provides information about how to prevent HCC and protect oneself from hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

Hepatitis A: Hepatitis A Virus

This information sheet describes the Hepatitis A virus, how it is spread, who is at risk, ways to prevent getting Hepatitis A, and other pertinent questions.

Hepatitis B

This information sheet describes the vaccine used for hepatitis B. It states that vaccination is the best way to prevent hepatitis B. It describes how the vaccine is given and provides answers to many pertinent questions about the vaccine.

Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B Virus

This information sheet explains what the hepatitis B virus is, and provides information regarding what people can do to protect themselves against it.

Hepatitis C: Do I Need to be Tested for Hepatitis C?

This brochure discusses hepatitis C. It provides information about who should get tested and advices veterans to discuss hepatitis C with their VA doctors. It also gives information about protection and prevention.

Hepatitis C: Sex and Hepatitis C Virus

This information sheet discusses hepatitis C, a viral infection that affects the liver. It explains hepatitis C transmission; whether the disease can be spread to a sex partner, and reducing the chances of transmission through sexual contact; pregnancy and the risk of transmitting hepatitis C to the baby; preventing pregnancy while on treatment as the treatment can cause birth defects; and how to get more information.

Hepatitis C: Do You Know a Veteran Who Is Being Treated for Hepatitis C

This information sheet discusses treatment for hepatitis C virus infection. It explains what the treatments are, what the treatments try to do, how the medicines are given, side effects of treatments and ways to lessen the side effects, how the doctor knows if the treatments are working, risks to the partner of a person being treated for hepatitis C, and where to get more information.