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Does viral hepatitis c kill?
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It can: About 80% of people infected with the virus develop chronic inflammation of the liver that may lead to cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer.
Answered 11/21/2018
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It can: Persons with chronic hepatitis c can develop cirrhosis and liver cancer especially in those with concomitant alcohol abuse. Most of those infected however when they die, die with the virus, not from the virus.
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