To treat either injury, you should: 1  Ice your shoulder to reduce pain and swelling. 2  Do it for 20-30 minutes every three to four hours, for 2 to 3 days or longer.
People can become infected with the Hepatitis C virus during such activities as. 1  Sharing needles, syringes, or other equipment to inject drugs. 2  Needlestick injuries in health care settings. 3  Being born to a mother who has Hepatitis C.
Cure rates approached 100% after 6 months of treatment in patients whose hep C was harder to treat, often because their livers had already been scarred by the disease, a condition called cirrhosis. The drug is approved to treat chronic hepatitis C genotype 1, the most common type of infection.