Does everyone with hepatitis C get liver failure?
No, but current studies indicate that most (80%) people infected with hepatitis C will develop a chronic state of infection. About 30% those with chronic infection will go on to develop cirrhosis of the liver. The disease appears to progress slowly, symptoms often do not appear for ten or twenty years.
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