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Can someone live with hepatitis c untreated and undiagnosed for over 60 years, or would they be dead by then? thanks!
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Possible : Patients can have hep c and not develop liver disease for years. Often there can some liver injury but not have liver failure. Hep c is infection that can vary in patients.
Answered 8/16/2015
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