Testing services available at Mineral County Health Department
Mineral County Health Department is expanding free testing services to Mineral County residents. Patient privacy and confidentiality are essential and will be maintained at all times.
Testing for hepatitis C is now available and recommended for everyone at least once in their lifetime. Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Half of people exposed to the virus develop long term, chronic illness that can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis C is spread through contact with blood from an infected person.
Women should be screened during each pregnancy, and anyone who has ongoing exposures to blood or bodily fluids should consider more frequent testing: health care workers and emergency responders, people who share needles through tattooing or drug use, and people with certain medical conditions. People with hepatitis c often do not have symptoms, but can still pass it to other people.
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