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My sister has hepatitis c. can anything be done for fatigue and pain?

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Ensure notjust HCV: Basedon your interview with your doctor, you may need additional testing such as vitamin dlevels, HBV and HIV testing, TSH levels.

Answered 1/15/2015

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Need to assess: It really depends on what we can attribute the symptoms to. Fatigue is a general symptom that can be caused by a lot of things. Pain needs to be assessed in terms of its cause and location. Once its narrowed down to what's causing those symptoms, treatment can be more targeted.

Answered 2/18/2015

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