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- - - - Liver cancer. A small number of people with hepatitis C infection may develop liver cancer.
      - Liver failure. Advanced cirrhosis may cause your liver to stop functioning.
      - Scarring of the liver (cirrhosis). After decades of hepatitis C infection, cirrhosis may occur. Scarring in your liver makes it difficult for your liver to function.
  - - - Be cautious about body piercing and tattooing. If you choose to undergo piercing or tattooing, look for a reputable shop. Ask questions beforehand about how the equipment is cleaned. Make sure the employees use sterile needles. If employees won't answer your questions, look for another shop.
      - Practice safer sex. Don't engage in unprotected sex with multiple partners or with any partner whose health status is uncertain. Sexual transmission between monogamous couples may occur, but the risk is low.
      - Stop using illicit drugs, particularly if you inject them. If you use illicit drugs, seek help.
  - - - If an initial blood test shows that you have hepatitis C, additional blood tests will:
        
        Measure the quantity of the hepatitis C virus in your blood (viral load)
        
        Identify the genotype of the virus
    - - Liver biopsy
      - Blood tests
        
        A series of blood tests can indicate the extent of fibrosis in your liver.
      - Transient elastography.
      - Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE).
- - - - This is the most common type of the disease. It can occur at any age. About half the people with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis have other autoimmune disorders, such as celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis or ulcerative colitis.
    - - Although adults can develop type 2 autoimmune hepatitis, it's most common in children and young people. Other autoimmune diseases may accompany this type of autoimmune hepatitis
- - - - elastography
      - Liver Biopsy
- - - - Blood tests can detect signs of the hepatitis B virus in your body and tell your doctor whether it's acute or chronic. A simple blood test can also determine if you're immune to the condition.
    - - A special ultrasound called transient elastography can show the amount of liver damage.
    - - Your doctor might remove a small sample of your liver for testing (liver biopsy) to check for liver damage. During this test, your doctor inserts a thin needle through your skin and into your liver and removes a tissue sample for laboratory analysis.
  - - - Hepatitis B is a concern for health care workers and anyone else who comes in contact with human blood.
    - - Pregnant women infected with HBV can pass the virus to their babies during childbirth. However, the newborn can be vaccinated to avoid getting infected in almost all cases. Talk to your doctor about being tested for hepatitis B if you are pregnant or want to become pregnant.
    - - HBV easily spreads through needles and syringes contaminated with infected blood. Sharing IV drug paraphernalia puts you at high risk of hepatitis B.
    - - You may get hepatitis B if you have unprotected sex with someone who is infected. The virus can pass to you if the person's blood, saliva, semen or vaginal secretions enter your body.
- - - - Small spiderlike blood vessels visible in the skin (called spider angiomas)
      - An enlarged spleen
      - Redness of the palms
      - Accumulation of fluid within the abdomen (ascites)
      - A tendency to bleed (coagulopathy)
      - Jaundice
      - Deterioration of brain function (hepatic encephalopathy)
      - Poor Appetite
      - Fatigue
  - - - Determine whether any scarring (fibrosis) or cirrhosis has developed
      - Possibly help identify the cause of hepatitis
      - Determine how severe the inflammation is