Early detection and treatment of hepatitis C be cured by half
Jiucheng hepatitis C in patients with undiagnosed
Recently, this reporter in the “Fourth World Hepatitis cognitive Day” event learned, according to latest reports indicate that in some European countries, an estimated more than 90% of people infected with hepatitis C have not yet diagnosed, of which 90% in Germany, Poland 98% . This not only resulted in a lot of infected persons may suffer long-term liver damage, but also means that these infections will be unknowingly spreading the virus to others. In China, a similar problem also exists. The experts noted with concern that, because the symptoms was not obvious, hepatitis C as a “silent killer”, in unknowingly causing liver damage. “If hepatitis C do not arouse sufficient attention to the harm it may even exceed hepatitis B and AIDS.”
AIDS, hepatitis C virus are four times the
European Liver Patients Association (ELPA) President Nadine Piorkowsky said: “In the twenty-first century, some European countries had said up to 98% of patients with chronic hepatitis C did not even know they are infected with hepatitis C virus, it’s too surprising . with hepatitis C-related mortality peak has not yet come, if we want to bring it down, Europe’s policymakers must now take action. Therefore, we call on the European Union and national governments, should immediately hepatitis C as a major threat to public health look at. ”
However, the diagnosis of hepatitis C and hepatitis C virus infection yet is not unique to Europe, but a global health problem, its diagnosis rate in the world is a yet to be resolved. Experts point out that in fact hepatitis C virus (HCV) that causes AIDS than the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is common in patients with hepatitis C virus infection is four times the HIV-infected persons. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, global annual deaths estimated at 53.7 thousand cases have a direct relationship with hepatitis C, in the death of 785,000 cases of liver cirrhosis deaths account for a large part.
In addition, WHO also reports that each year more than 308,000 cases of deaths caused by hepatitis C may have died of liver cancer, which shows that the world’s 500,000 annual deaths caused by HCV, but more than that. Since many cases of HCV have not yet diagnosed, these figures in the near future is likely to rise.
China’s newly issued report on hepatitis C has risen every year
Experts point out that different from hepatitis C and hepatitis B, hepatitis C is a cure of viral hepatitis. According to the China Academy of Engineering, Peking University Health Science Center Department of Microbiology, Professor Hui Zhuang, according to the different gene sequences, hepatitis C, divided into type Ⅰ and Ⅱ, the two cure rates were 50% and 70%.
According to reports, China in 1992 ~ 1995 National viral hepatitis epidemiological survey, China had approximately 40 million with hepatitis C, with an average infection rate was 3.2%. By 2003, China reported new cases of hepatitis C more than 21.1 thousand cases in 2004, more than 37.7 thousand cases in 2005 increased to more than 52,000 cases. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention data show that the number of reported incidence of hepatitis C each year in China rose in 2006, more than 7 million cases annually. Hepatitis C Hepatitis B is easier than into a chronic hepatitis, infections develop cirrhosis and liver cancer in China each year 30 million people die of cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer. The worrying is that Europe, like the vast majority of our patients with hepatitis C have not been diagnosed.
Hepatitis C can be cured into five
According to the 2004 enactment of “China’s Hepatitis C Prevention Guide” in the guidelines, as long as the early action of anti-hepatitis C virus treatment, removal or sustained suppression of hepatitis C virus in vivo, we can improve or reduce the liver damage and prevent the disease progressed to cirrhosis of the liver , liver failure and liver cancer, improve patient quality of life. According to reports, the current internationally recognized as the only effective treatment is application of Interferon-α and α interferon combined with ribavirin treatment, the liver disease in the United States and Europe deal with guides, PEG-interferon combined with ribavirin has replaced the efficacy of conventional interferon therapy is not ideal.
Zhuang Hui told reporters, as technology develops, the current treatment of hepatitis C patients receiving interferon injections every other day from the previous one be reduced to once a week injection. Moreover, according to research data showed that 90% of hepatitis C patients with an average follow-up of 4 years after stopping effect can be maintained, “that is achieved clinical cure effect.”
Proposed high-risk patients to check their
Experts point out that increase public awareness of hepatitis C prevention and treatment of hepatitis C prevention and control work will have a positive impact. France is a proof, since the Government initiated the movement, the French National hepatitis awareness has been notably enhanced. Currently, an estimated 56% of infected people know they have been infected with a virus, while in 1994 this proportion was only 24%.
Experts suggest that all received blood transfusion, used non-disposable syringes and sterile without the strict dental, endoscopy, invasive operation and acupuncture, etc., and hepatitis C patients before sharing razors, toothbrushes, there have been no Jie sexual history, intravenous drug use, or have had tattoos, Wen-mei, pierced ears and other skin and mucosal injury in the population belong to the high-risk groups, it should be as soon as possible hepatitis C virus antibody detection.