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What Are the Symptoms of Hepatitis C?

What Are the Symptoms of Hepatitis C? (0:25)

The symptoms of this troubling disease are similar to those of other ailments, making it easy for hepatitis C to be overlooked as a diagnosis. HealthMaker Robert Brown, MD, MPH describes the symptoms to watch out for in this video.

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The difficulty with Hepatitis C is that patients are asymptomatic for so very long, and when they do have symptoms that they are vague and no one would necessarily connect them to their liver. If you came to your doctor and said I'm fatigued and I have some joint aches, they might check out your thyroid, they might check a few other things but they may not think to check you for Hepatitis C.