How Can I Stay Healthy If I Have Hepatitis C?

You can stay healthy if you have hepatitis C by treating your body right. In this video, family physician Sharecare Advisory Board member Daniel Spogen, MD, explains how a good diet, regular exercise and avoiding alcohol can help with hepatitis C.

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So the main thing with Hepatitis C, is to treat your body right. And it's to exercise daily, and it's to eat a well balanced meal, it's

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to avoid things that affect the liver. If you're taking alcohol, for example,

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that would be a problem as far as your liver is concerned and allow the Hepatitis C to get a better foothold on you. So the best thing is

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really is to be very healthy and take care of yourself. Just like what we tell everybody to do. So it's not a stretch