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What is the hepatitis c?
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Hepatitis c is a virus that attacks your liver. After hepatitis b, it is next most common hepatitis, but most difficult to treat. The virus spreads through the blood or body fluids of an infected person. You can catch it from: sharing drugs and needles having sex, especially if you have an std, an hiv infection, several partners, or have rough sex being stuck by infected needles birth -- a mother can pass it to a child hepatitis c isn? t spread through food, water, or by casual contact.
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