Pamela Anderson recently recalled being diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2002 and being told at the time that her future could be dramatically shortened. A chronic hepatitis C infection can cause cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer.
Pamela Anderson recently recalled being diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2002 and being told at the time that her future could be dramatically shortened.
A chronic hepatitis C infection can cause cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer.
Yet today, more than 95% of people treated with modern antiviral medications can be cured, often after just 8 to 12 weeks of pills.
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Pamela Anderson recently recalled being diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2002 and being told at the time that her future could be dramatically shortened. A chronic hepatitis C infection can cause cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. Yet today, more than 95% of people treated with modern antiviral medications can be cured, often after just 8 to 12 weeks of pills.
She eventually announced in 2015 that she had been cured. Her story spans one of modern medicine's more remarkable transformations.
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