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Hepatitis C - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Hepatitis no A; Hepatitis no B

Síntomas:

La mayoría de las personas que estuvieron recientemente infectadas con hepatitis C no tienen síntomas y aproximadamente el 10% presenta ictericia que mejora.

De las personas que resultan infectadas con el VHC, la mayoría desarrolla infección crónica por este virus y por lo general no hay ningún síntoma.

Si la infección ha estado presente durante muchos años, el hígado puede tener cicatrización permanente, una afección llamada cirrosis. En muchos casos, es posible que no haya síntomas de la enfermedad hasta que se presente la cirrosis.

Los siguientes síntomas se podrían presentar con la infección por hepatitis C:

Pruebas y exámenes:

Los siguientes exámenes se hacen para ayudar a diagnosticar la hepatitis C:

  • Enzimoinmunoanálisis (EIA) para detectar anticuerpos contra hepatitis C
  • Análisis del ARN para hepatitis C con el fin de medir los niveles del virus (carga viral)
  • Genotipo de la hepatitis C. Existen seis genotipos. La mayoría de los estadounidenses tienen la infección por genotipo 1, que es la más difícil de tratar.

Los siguientes exámenes se hacen para identificar y monitorear el daño al hígado a causa de la hepatitis C:

Una biopsia del hígado puede mostrar qué tanto daño se le ha hecho a dicho órgano.

  • Reviewed last on: 11/23/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Unviersity of Washington School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Ghany MG, Strader DB, Thomas DL, Seeff LB. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C: an update. Hepatology. 2009;49:1335-1374.

Jou JH, Muir AJ. In the clinic. Hepatitis C. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:ITC6-1-ITC6-16.

O'Leary JG, Davis GL. Hepatitis C. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 79.

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