Hepatitis C: why baby boomers should get tested

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  While anyone can get Hepatitis C, more than 75% of adults infected are baby boomers, people born from 1945 through 1965. Most people with Hepatitis C don’t know they are infected.
  
  • Baby boomers are five times more likely to have Hepatitis C.
  
  • Liver disease, liver cancer, and deaths from Hepatitis C are on the rise.
  
  • The longer people live with Hepatitis C, the more likely they are to develop serious, life-threatening liver disease.
  
  • Getting tested can help people learn if they are infected and get them into lifesaving care and treatment.
  
  • For many people, treatments are available that can cure Hepatitis C and prevent liver damage, cirrhosis, and even liver cancer.
  
  Publication No. 220401
  
  Updated 2015
  
  
• Subjects:
  Hepatitis C, Chronic/diagnosis Hepatitis C, Chronic/prevention & Control Hepatitis C/diagnosis Hepatitis C/prevention & Control
• Series:
  Know More Hepatitis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Patient Education Handout
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/28007/cdc_28007_DS1.pdf
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