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Myth vs Fact Quiz

	Like many diseases, hepatitis C is surrounded by myths that can make treatment less effective and take a toll on the quality of life of patients, friends, and family. Take this quiz to sharpen your appreciation of hepatitis C and its treatment.

	1. When you're diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C, but don't have any outward symptoms, you don't need to go back to the doctor.

	Myth	Fact

	2. Most people who got infected with hepatitis C did so before 1992, because that was the year that HCV testing for blood donors began.

	Myth	Fact

	3. Hepatitis C is caused by a virus and can be treated with antibiotics.

	Myth	Fact

	4. Fatigue is the most common symptom of hepatitis C.

	Myth	Fact

	5. HIV is more common than hepatitis C (HCV).

	Myth	Fact

	6. HCV can cause cirrhosis or liver cancer.

	Myth	Fact

	7. My children can't be infected with hepatitis C because they have been immunized against hepatitis.

	Myth	Fact

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