Hepatic Encephalopathy is caused by a build up of toxins in your system that can travel to your brain and cause it to not function correctly. This happens when your liver is damaged and can't do its job of filtering out the toxins it should.
My husband was diagnosed with hep c at the time we and the do,goes didn't think it was that bad. He has no liver damage. Fast forward to August 2017 he broke out in a rash which Dr thought was just an allergic reaction. Gabe steroids and it went away...