But after sometimes 20 years, chronic hepatitis C can cause jaundice, nausea and abdominal pain.
Some 4.4 million Americans have chronic hepatitis, though most of them don't know it, the CDC says.
AAPIs make up approximately 5% of the US population, but comprise over 50% of Americans with chronic Hepatitis B.
This means approximately 1 in 12 AAPIs are living with chronic Hepatitis B.
Cirrhosis caused by chronic hepatitis C or long-term alcohol abuse are the most common reasons for needing a liver transplant.
Despite the health issues associated with the disease, a majority of Americans living with chronic hepatitis do not know they are infected.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Hepatitis Day, 2012
Baraclude is approved in the United States to treat patients with chronic hepatitis B in adults who have active virus and liver damage.
After he began planning for Philanthropy Week, though, he was astonished to learn that although AAPIs make up approximately 5% of the US population, we comprise over 50% of Americans with chronic Hepatitis B.
Because many AAPIs lack knowledge and understanding of the disease and face barriers in accessing appropriate medical services, chronic Hepatitis B and associated liver cancer in AAPIs is one of the most serious health disparities in the United States.
In China alone, less than 1% of children under 5 are chronic carriers of hepatitis B, down from 10% a decade ago.
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Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is estimated to affect 170 million people worldwide, and more than five million in Europe.
Gemayel says that aside from the giveaway, Roche has a clear marketing message for the new treatment, which combats hepatitis C virus and the chronic liver disease it causes.
Take the Aral Sea in Central Asia, now a shrunken, poisonous cesspool of pesticide residues and toxic chemicals that are causing an explosion of chronic bronchitis, cancer, typhoid and hepatitis, kidney and liver disease.
Though all types of viral hepatitis are associated with serious health issues, hepatitis B and C can become chronic infections that often lead to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- World Hepatitis Day, 2012
Dr Gerlach said patients with chronic liver failure, caused by conditions such as hepatitis C, could also be helped by the bioreactor.
Writing in the Lancet medical journal, researchers from The International Hepatitis Interventional Therapy Group report a new treatment for chronic HCV infection that uses a combination of interferon alpha-2b and a drug called ribavirin.
Hepatitis B is a similar liver disease that can range from a mild illness to a serious, chronic condition.
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