Blood transfusion and hepatitis C
The reason why infectious disease expert with special emphasis on blood transfusion before 1994 who are hepatitis C checks should be done, there is a reason can not be ignored is that hepatitis C is not obvious clinical symptoms.
Professor Xu Daozhen told reporters that hepatitis C patients, only 25% of people have symptoms, while 75% of people have no symptoms. Hepatitis C virus on the liver damage is very subtle, and in many hepatitis C virus-infected persons has been expressed in the normal liver function tests, so easily missed. But the human body, once infected with hepatitis C virus, transformed into chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver infected with hepatitis B virus, more than likely to be higher. Medical studies have shown that chronic HCV infection in years, if not early and timely treatment, about 60% to 80% of patients will develop chronic hepatitis. Coupled with the symptoms of hepatitis C was not obvious so that people ignore the treatment is easier and delay of treatment. Over time, chronic hepatitis C will gradually slow to produce liver fibrosis developed to cirrhosis, liver cancer will happen to individual people. Due to the hidden nature of hepatitis C Strong, the course is slower, especially the young people infected, and some to 20 or even 30 years after the symptoms, so there are called hepatitis C is the “invisible killer.”
Professor Zhang Hongfei admissions to reporters about her encounter two things: a junior high school students in Beijing during a physical examination was detect hepatitis C infection, the parents are very puzzled and asked the doctor: “how can our children suffer from of hepatitis C? he can eat, drink, sleep, able to run, able to joke in sports is the specialty of Health … … “Sport projects can get the expertise, we can imagine that how well the student’s physical fitness . There are a High School student, playing table tennis in 2056, learning is also very good, but identified hepatitis C, but is still found after the jump, without any clinical symptoms. So, Professor Zhang Hongfei reminded: the history of those who have had blood transfusion, pulling their teeth, and there is no vaccination of persons with special needle (especially before 1994) is likely to be infected with hepatitis C in high-risk groups, on a regular basis for check-ups is particularly important. If the first negative HCV antibody test should be done in 6 months after a hepatitis C antibody checks to ensure that no “slip through the net.”