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{{CMG}} '''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' [[User:YazanDaaboul|Yazan Daaboul]]; [[User:Sergekorjian|Serge Korjian]] | |||
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==Clinical Findings According to Disease Stages== | ==Clinical Findings According to Disease Stages== | ||
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Revision as of 04:32, 28 July 2014
Hepatitis C |
Diagnosis |
Treatment |
Hepatitis C physical examination On the Web |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Hepatitis C physical examination |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Yazan Daaboul; Serge Korjian
Overview
Clinical Findings According to Disease Stages
- Acute
- Mild or absent symptoms (7-8 weeks after exposure)
- Chronic
- Late Complications
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhotics (1-4%/year)
- Extrahepatic Symptoms
- Cryoglobulinemia (~50%)
- Only 10-15% of patients with +cryos have symptoms
- Symptoms
- Pruritus, psoriasis, Raynaud’s phenomenon (6-20%)
- Sicca syndrome (10-12%)
- Neuropathy (5-9%)
- Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), lichen planus (1%)
- Cryoglobulinemia (~50%)