Speed up effects of hepatitis c?

Alcohol will definitely hurt her liver more when she has hep c. One of the livers jobs is to get rid of the poisons in your body, like alcohol. When you have hep, your liver has an infection and can't do it's job properly. Alcohol will just speed damage to her liver and possibly cirrhosis of the liver and eventually death. My husband has had hep c for 40 years. Since he has never been a drinker or a drug user, his liver is in good condition.. Not all people with hep c need to take treatment. It does not cure the disease, it helps the liver to heal if it isn't too far gone. Treatment will only bring the viral load in the blood down to 0, it does not cure the disease. The treatment has a lot of awful side effects. My husband is one it now, he started in Feb. A person with hep c that takes care of themself can live a long and otherwise healthy life.