1993-2018 ,u ,p vkj lh % iPphl o’kZ&vla[; vk’kk,a Nhrc : Twenty Five Years-billion Hopes 49. Whether liver disease can be diagnosed at its onset? There is often a long time interval between liver disease onset and its detection. The symptoms may take weeks, months or even years to develop. It is very unlikely to develop it all of a sudden. Conversely liver may be injured and heal without clinical detection. Hence patients with liver abnormalities who are referred to specialists in liver disease most frequently have chronic liver disease. 50. Whether there is a possibility of diagnostic dif iculty in HCV infection? HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) infection is common among intravenous drug abuser. But acute HCV infection is generally undetected clinically as it may remain asymptomatic. Cirrhosis may develop 5 to 20 years after acute infection. Diagnostic dif iculties arise in HCV infection because of the nature of infection FORENSIC INVESTIGATION | 45