inner ear. noun. Medical Definition of inner ear. : the essential part of the vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium that typically is located in the temporal bone, is innervated by the auditory nerve, and includes the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochleaâcalled also internal ear.
It was found that the hepatitis C virus could survive on surfaces for at least 16 hours but no longer than 4 days. 1 In a study released in 2013, Yale researchers found that the hepatitis C virus could live on surfaces for up to six weeks at room temperature (39.2 to 71.6 Fahrenheit). 2 Syringes In 2010 a study was released detailing how long the hepatitis C virus lives inside a syringe.
My blood work had come back showing I was infected with the hepatitis C virus. Hep C is a serious, life-threatening illness that attacks the liver and can result in fatty liver, cirrhotic liver and liver cancer. One out of five people carrying the hep C virus will die of liver disease within 20 years. And a lot of people have itâat least 3 million, and perhaps as many as 7 million, in the United States alone. When I was diagnosed five years ago, there was no effective cure.