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As an internist and a hepatologist in a country where the hepatitis c virus is endemic with the highest prevalence in the world, it was challenging in the past when treating patients with injectable interferons with long duration of treatment up to 1 year. Also, the severe side effects of interferons and ribavirin (some patients describe these side effects as equal as that of chemotherapy of cancer patients) and low success rate of this regimen. Many patients were subjected to herbal remedies and even to traditional treatments like camel's urine and milk with no beneficial effect but with many side effects. With the era of direct-acting antiviral agents. I think the map of HCV in Egypt will be changed, and even the virus will be eliminated forever. Many families had suffered from the effects of this enemy on their relatives. The diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma may be the first presentation of HCV in Egyptian patients. Some patients believe that HCV is an inherited disease, as many members of their families are affected. The consequences of HCV on the Egyptian population, in my opinion, are deader than the effects of nuclear bombs on Japanese populations
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