> 70% to 90% of older injection-drug users are infected.
If you have the unique misfortune of being born to one of those older users, do get tested. I was asymptomatic when I tested positive a few years ago, at the age of 25. It was a surprise to the medical professionals involved, as I have no drug using history, no tattoos, in otherwise perfectly good health.
I did get the super expensive pills, and they cured me in eight weeks (and I'm extremely grateful my insurance at the time covered the cost).
My liver's doing OK, but who knows whether the disease contributed to my chronic depression. Still, I consider myself lucky to have caught it when I did.
If you have the unique misfortune of being born to one of those older users, do get tested. I was asymptomatic when I tested positive a few years ago, at the age of 25. It was a surprise to the medical professionals involved, as I have no drug using history, no tattoos, in otherwise perfectly good health.
I did get the super expensive pills, and they cured me in eight weeks (and I'm extremely grateful my insurance at the time covered the cost).
My liver's doing OK, but who knows whether the disease contributed to my chronic depression. Still, I consider myself lucky to have caught it when I did.