SILENCE keeps hepatitis C alive!
It is a silent disease that can affect anyone.
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Nearly five million Americans have hepatitis C, and almost four million don’t know it, including nearly 350,000 Floridians.
Almost three out of four baby boomers with hepatitis C are unaware.
Don’t take your status for granted. Get tested!
Ask your doctor to add the hepatitis C test to your next set of labs.
Elijah was treated when he was 4-years-old, and he was cured at age 7.
Get tested for hepatitis C.
HEPATITIS C IS NOW
CURABLE
Hepatitis C (HCV):
- is spread by blood-to-blood contact
- has no vaccine
- can live outside the body up to four days
- is five times more prevalent than HIV in the U.S.
- is leading cause of liver transplants and liver cancer
- affects people from many different backgrounds
- 17,000 people are waiting for a liver and 2/3 will die waiting. Please sign your organ donor cards.
You are at a higher risk for HCV if you:
- have had blood transfusions or organ transplants before 1992
- have had clotting factors made before 1987
- have shared personal items like razor blades, toothbrushes, nail clippers or tweezers
- have received tattoos, body piercings or other beauty services in an unsanitary setting
- have engaged in sexual activity where blood was exchanged
- are a veteran (especially Vietnam)
- are a first responder or health care worker exposed to needle sticks
- have had chronic kidney dialysis;
- have been incarcerated or shared drug paraphernalia (IV or intranasal)
PROTECT YOURSELF!
Get tested for hepatitis C and vaccinated for hepatitis A and B.