Ron Pollack
Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 7:45 am
Posted on July 1, 2014
Hepatitis C -- also known as Hep C -- is a disease that is caused by a virus that affects the liver. Even though the disease often doesn’t produce symptoms, it can seriously damage the liver and can be fatal. An estimated 3.2 million Americans have Hepatitis C.
Older people are more likely to have been exposed to Hepatitis C, but many older Americans are not aware that they need to be tested for it. A December 2013 report found that Hepatitis C infections are concentrated in the Baby Boomers generation http://bit.ly/TTsXih
In one major study of people with the virus, 75 percent of the patients were born between 1945 and 1964.
