@healthycoremd: Hepatitis C Explained: What Causes This Viral Liver Infection? 🦠🫀 Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the liver. But how does the virus enter the body, and why can it remain undetected for years? The hepatitis C virus (HCV) spreads mainly through contact with infected blood. Transmission can occur through shared needles or equipment contaminated with infected blood, and through inadequately sterilized medical or tattooing equipment. It can also be transmitted through certain other blood exposures. 🧬 In this video, discover how hepatitis C infects liver cells, how ongoing infection can damage the liver, and why some people develop chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, or liver cancer if the infection remains untreated. 🔬 Important fact: Hepatitis C often causes no obvious symptoms, but effective antiviral treatments can cure most infections. hepatitis C, HCV infection, viral hepatitis, liver inflammation, hepatitis transmission, liver disease, hepatitis symptoms, liver health #HepatitisC #HCV #ViralHepatitis #LiverHealth #LiverDisease #HepatitisAwareness #MedicalEducation #MedicalFacts #HumanAnatomy #HealthFacts #ScienceFacts #HealthTok #DidYouKnow

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