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Hepatitis C can be treated. It
is important to find out if you have the virus and get treatment
as soon as possible. |
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251,000 Canadians are infected
with hepatitis C and, because there are no symptoms, 95,000
of them don't know it. |
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Most people newly infected with
hepatitis C have no symptoms and are unaware of their infection,
but they are still infectious. |
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Avoid the risk of hepatitis C:
don't share needles or injection drug equipment |
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Hepatitis C is NOT spread by hugging,
kissing or shaking hands. It is NOT spread by means of food
or water. |
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More than 5,000
Canadians - many of whom are young people -
are infected with the hepatitis C virus each
year. |
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There is no vaccine for hepatitis
C. |
