Hepatitis C is known as the infection which caused by virus
and attack liver. The infection can happen because of the sharing needle or
injection equipment which involves blood. Besides that, this infection can
develop to other chronic disease which related to liver. The main goal of the
treatment is to kill the virus then serious damage of the liver can be
prevented from the developed level of the infection which known as cirrhosis.
The first kind of the treatment for Hepatitis C is special
medication care. The medication is used antiviral. It is usually as the
long-term treatment for the chronic and non-chronic infection of Hepatitis C. The
medication care is done to prevent the virus attacks more the liver. The
antiviral can clear the virus in the body. The antiviral which can be taken for
the treatment is peginterferons. This drug can help sufferers to heal the
infection and kill the virus. Then, they also can use interferons and ribavirin
as the antiviral combination therapy. It can help to clear the virus from the
body.
Other kind treatment for Hepatitis C is surgery. The surgery
is done when the liver condition cannot be treated with drug anymore. The level
of the infection has reached liver failure which happens in the last stage of
the infection. The surgery which done is liver transplant. However, it is not
too common. Then, the surgery’s risk is quite high and it also costs a lot of
money.
