Which is serious between hepatitis C and hepatitis B

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Recently, a friend always feels weak and can't get up all day long. He feels very abnormal. He went to the hospital and was found to have hepatitis C. I don't know which one is more serious than hepatitis B. let me talk about which one is more serious.

Which is serious between hepatitis C and hepatitis B

First: there is no accurate concept of which is serious in hepatitis B and hepatitis C. No matter what kind of liver disease is infected, as long as the patient does not receive acute treatment as soon as possible, it will lead to the deterioration of the disease. And we all know that there is a hepatitis B vaccine to prevent hepatitis B, but due to the strong variability of hepatitis C virus, the effective method to prevent hepatitis C has not been developed. To prevent hepatitis C, we can only cut off the route of transmission, which also increases the risk of hepatitis C infection to a certain extent.

Second: compared with hepatitis B, hepatitis C is more likely to be chronic. Once the acute hepatitis C is not effectively treated, it will develop into chronic, thus increasing the probability of liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Therefore, from this level, it can be said that hepatitis C is more difficult to treat than hepatitis B. Both hepatitis C and hepatitis B may develop into liver cirrhosis or even liver cancer. However, due to the occult incidence of hepatitis C, many patients with hepatitis C are not found until the disease develops to the stage of cirrhosis. And studies have shown that hepatitis C is more likely to develop into cirrhosis or even liver cancer.

Third: therefore, we can say that hepatitis C is as serious as hepatitis B, so both hepatitis C and hepatitis B should be actively treated to prevent the deterioration of the disease. It should be noted that there is a certain difference between the treatment of hepatitis C and hepatitis B. as long as hepatitis C virus RNA is positive, whether the liver function is abnormal or not, antiviral treatment is needed. And if patients with hepatitis C can be treated as early as possible, the cure rate is still very high.

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There are many kinds of liver diseases, which is not difficult to understand. For hepatitis C and hepatitis B, which is more serious is generally difficult to compare, because both of them will worsen and even become cancerous, but relatively speaking, hepatitis C is more difficult to treat.