New research suggests that the hepatitis C (HCV) virus, an infectious liver disease, is a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, as noted by doctor Moisés Diago Madrid, head of the section of the sectionHepatology of the General Hospital of Valencia, Spain.This is because HCC increases insulin resistance and disagrees occur in glucose metabolism.
During the International Course on Hepatology organized by the Peruvian Association for the Study of the Liver (APH) recently conducted, Dr. Diago said that “a patient, since it is spread with hepatitis C until it has symptoms, can pass about 25 or 30Years, stage in which a third of those affected can develop chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis or liver cancer. ”