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Being diagnosed with hepatitis C
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Stories
Men Aged 30-39
Anthony
Anthony learnt about hepatitis C in 2006, just before he started injecting drugs, because his girlfriend had acquired it.
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Danny
During a period when Danny was partying and consuming drugs regularly, he started to feel unwell and received a hepatitis C diagnosis.
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Dominic
Dominic found out he had hepatitis C through a check-up at a community drop-in centre around 2002, when he was 18.
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Ricky
Ricky was diagnosed with hepatitis C a month before his interview in 2020
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Sam
When Sam was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2018, he didn’t know much about the virus
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Terence
Terence was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2016 after leaving prison
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