Knowledge, attitude and practice about Hepatitis C Infection among the medical students of Avicenna Medical College, Lahore

Abstract

Hepatitis is a general term that means inflammation of liver. The ancient Greek word Hepa refers to the liver and the Latin word. Itis means inflammation. Hepatitis C is a curable disease caused by a virus that can infect the liver. The virus called hepatitis C can cause lifelong infection; fibrosis, cirrhosis, liver cancer and death. There are two phases of hepatitis c infection-acute and chronic. Acute means a new HCV infection that is less than six months old. More than six months infection is chronic infection.