10 hepatitis C facts you will be surprised to know

Even though hepatitis C now seems to be the most commonly known disease across the world but, still there are a few facts that still tend to surprise people.

Here’s the list of similar ones!

1. Hepatitis C comes as a silent deadly ailment of liver disease that comes as a serious health issue across the world. 
2. The earlier it is detected along with the started treatment, the better are the chances of cure and less serious and life-threatening issues. 
3. The symptoms of hepatitis C remain hidden for years. 
4. Around 5 million people in America suffer from hepatitis C which counts to be 5X the number of people suffering from HIV.
5. HCV comes to be the leading cause of liver failures, cancer, and the much needed liver transplant in the US.  
6. It is estimated that higher number of people die from HCV infection as compared to HIV in the US every year.
7. African Americans and Hispanics hold a higher rate of HCV infection in the US however, the highest infection rate holds to be amongst the adult African American men.
8. Most of the new cases of hepatitis C infection occur amongst the young adults who keep on experimenting with activities that involves direct blood contact such as- drugs intake, piercing or tattooing using unsterile equipment.
9. Military training and combat activities such as- field bleeding, surgeries and blood transfusions along with several other blood exposures activities constitute as a major risk for the transmission. 
10. Hepatitis C drugs wholesaler agencies flourished in lesser developed countries have made the treatment affordable. 

These are a few facts that will definitely surprise you about hepatitis C.