Recently diagnosed with hepatitis

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A 58-year-old male client was recently diagnosed with hepatitis C genotype 4 based on laboratory results. He states that he cannot understand how he got this disease because he has not had any major health problems. He admits that he was a "hippie" when he was much younger and took illicit drugs with his friends at a commune in New Mexico. Today his primary health care provider prescribed ribavirin and peginterferon alfa to manage his chronic liver infection. What health teaching will the nurse include.

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