Some people who get hepatitis C may never fully recover and may carry the virus the rest of their lives. Some people become very ill and some have liver failure.
Most people have no symptoms, but can still infect others.
You get HCV by direct contact with the blood of a person who has it. You were on kidney dialysis as you may have unknowingly shared supplies or equipment with someone else's blood on them. You were ever a health care worker and had frequent contact with blood or had needlestick injuries. Your mother had hepatitis C when you were born. During birth you may have gotton her blood into your body.