Silently, Laura, akes her way to the refrigerator, knowing she needs to take her medication. Hoping this medicine reurion and inferon will help her disease, Hepatitis C, she prays and waits for the results. Each year, 150,000 new cases of Hepatitis C are discovered in the United States (Brown. et.al., 1998). What is Hepatitis C? Where do people become infected with the virus? How is the virus cured? There are so many questions asked from people …
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…spread of hepatitis through a transfusion (footnotes). Any blood, including blood from cuts, nosebleeds, or even menstrual blood, can carry the virus. The virus may even be spread through sharing objects like a toothbrush, a razor, earrings, or cheewing the same gum, which may cause enough virus blood to pass on the infection. The virus may also ladden on contaminated medical tools in a dentist or doctor's office. Using any kinds of needles ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**