There are approximately 2.5 million cases of Hepatitis C in the United States and approximately 200 million worldwide. Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient, a friend or relative of someone with hepatitis C, this book offers help. Written by two prominent liver specialists from the Lahey Clinic Medical Center, this book provides authoritative, practical answers to the most common questions about hepatitis C, with important information on treatment and treatment side effects, alternative medical options and experimental drugs, natural history, including complications of hepatitis C, and much more.