Symptoms

The best way to know if you have hepatitis C is to have a test. This is because those who have the virus often exhibit few, if any, symptoms. Where there are symptoms, they are often similar to ones present in ME or chronic fatigue syndrome, and can therefore lead to a misdiagnosis. If symptoms are experienced they can include:

• mild to serious tiredness (fatigue)
• anxiety
• weight loss
• loss of appetite
• inability to tolerate alcohol
• discomfort in the liver area (place your right hand over your lower right ribs and it will just about cover the area of your liver)
• problems concentrating (‘brain fog’)
• feeling sick
• flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, night sweats and headaches
• yellow skin or eyes, called jaundice (this is very rare and is a sign of advanced liver damage).