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The incidence of diabetes, stroke and kidney disease falls after hepatitis C cure
Keith Alcorn Published: 12 November 2018
The incidence of some of the most serious extrahepatic health problems caused by hepatitis C declines sharply after the infection is cured by antiviral treatment, a review of people treated for hepatitis C in the Canadian province of British Columbia has found.
The findings were presented by Carmine Rossi of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control at the 2018 AASLD Liver Meeting in San Francisco on Sunday.
Hepatitis C infection is associated with a higher incidence of chronic kidney disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Although the mechanisms leading to an increased risk of these conditions in people with hepatitis C are not fully understood, liver damage caused by hepatitis C is known to disrupt glucose metabolism. Chronic hepatitis C infection affects the cardiovascular system in numerous ways and also damages the kidneys.
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