7 Celebrities on Living With Hepatitis C - Article Health

Celebrities with hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus that causes inflammation of the liver. Although hepatitis C can sometimes go away on its own, about 75% to 85% of people who have been exposed to the virus eventually develop chronic hepatitis C, a liver infection that affects between 3 million to 4 million people in the United States.

Pamela Anderson
In 2002, Baywatch star Pamela Anderson revealed to People that she had hepatitis C, which she said she contracted by sharing a tattoo needle with then-husband Tommy Lee. But in 2015, Anderson took to Instagram to announce she had been cured after starting a new drug regimen.

Steven Tyler
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler told Access Hollywood in 2006 that he had been dealing with hepatitis C for the past three years. His doctor put him on 11 months of chemotherapy for the liver infection, which Tyler says "about killed me."

Natasha Lyonne
Now known for her role in the popular Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, actress Natasha Lyonne was admitted into an intensive-care unit in 2005 for hepatitis C and other health problems, including drug addiction.

Naomi Judd
Country singer Naomi Judd was on tour in 1989 when she began experiencing headaches, nausea, and muscle aches. 

"One time while trying to load my suitcase onto the tour bus, I collapsed in the heat," she wrote in a personal essay for Everyday Health in 2014. "I knew that something was really wrong with me.”


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