I had hepc for 15 years and I am 46 years old got it working as a nurse and getting stuck in the hand by a neddle. I have the pain and swelling in my hands and feet, and let me tell you alot of doctors don,t understand about hepc. they know the basics and that is it.any one out there with hepc need to see a Hepatolgist and not a gasrolgist. I am no... more