{"id":3472,"date":"2019-09-24T14:28:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/hepc\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T15:39:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T14:39:37","slug":"hepc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/hepc\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Hepatitis C?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hepatitis C <\/strong>is a chronic inflammation of the liver caused by a virus. The disease progresses over many years and decades and over time leads to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis C can also cause other diseases outside the liver such as diabetes or cardiovascular diseases. Every year 200 people in Switzerland die of Hepatitis C, as many as in road traffic, five times more than from HIV\/AIDS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Hepatitis C Transmission Routes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 2em;\">\n<li>Blood to blood transmission, dialysis, blood products before 1990<\/li>\n<li>I.V. drug use, exchanging syringes or needles, sniffing with the same tube<\/li>\n<li>Lack of hygiene when tattooing or piercing<\/li>\n<li>Dental treatment, medical procedures and surgical operations under poor sterility conditions, especially before 1990<\/li>\n<li>Sex between men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Symptoms Of Hepatitis C<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 2em;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constant fatigue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pressure or pain in the upper abdomen<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nausea when drinking alcohol or after fatty foods<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joint and limb pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depression, difficulty concentrating<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Hepatitis C is well curable since several years. Have yourself tested by your general practitioner or <a href=\"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/map?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> HERE!<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The members of the SHCA have their own experience with hepatitis C and can help you if you are affected. Write to us &#105;&#x6e;f&#x6f;&#x40;&#104;&#x65;p&#99;&#x2e;&#99;&#x68; or call us 077 467 35 71<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/destigmator.appspot.com?p=shca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/wp_live17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/anonymexperten_en.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwe will be happy to help you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patientube.com\/de\/category\/diagnosen\/hepatitis\/hepatitis-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/wp_live17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/video-clip-patientube-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supported by<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/wp_live17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sponsor-logo-gilead.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"48\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/wp_live17\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sponsor-logo-abbvie.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"48\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hepatitis C is a chronic inflammation of the liver caused by a virus. The disease progresses over many years and decades and over time leads to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis C can also cause other diseases outside the liver such as diabetes or cardiovascular diseases. Every year 200 people in Switzerland die of\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/hepc\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3472"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3569,"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3472\/revisions\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepc.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}