Women who have signs of the disease in the earliest stage may brush off symptoms or attribute them to other factors, such as anemia, depression, or menopause. Early symptoms of hepatitis C in women can include: fatigue, abdominal discomfort, muscle and joint pain, poor appetite.
Some hepatitis C infections are acute and the infection improves on its own without treatment within a few months. Acute infections are more common in women. Hepatitis C can also be chronic, in which infection doesn’t clear on its own, but rather progresses and damages the liver. Symptoms of chronic hepatitis include: bruising or bleeding, itchy skin, fluid retention in the stomach, swollen legs, unexplained weight loss, spider