Family had a “hepatitis C” How Anti-spread?
Patient consultation:
My wife is due to post-partum hemorrhage, blood transfusion on several occasions, and later found out that she infected the “hepatitis.”
She was worried that she might be the HCV transmission to our family? Should pay attention to what? Henan Song ×
Expert Q & A:
In recent years, China’s “HCV” An increased incidence of many patients and their families may also have similar concerns.
In fact as long as the understanding of hepatitis C transmission, prevention of problems can be resolved.
Generally speaking, there are three hepatitis C transmission: blood transfusion and blood products spread, non-transfusion transmission and mother to child transmission.
But “Hepatitis C” virus is mainly transmitted through blood, the general life of the possibility of infection caused by contact with a small cross-infection among family members more than a phenomenon.
Note the following points if it is possible to avoid the spread of hepatitis C in the family:
① never used the blood of patients lost to others, the patient can not voluntarily donating blood;
② injection to patients with disposable syringes, burned after use, family members can not share syringes, acupuncture needles, etc.;
③ If the patient is drug users (especially injecting drug users), wanted to give a thorough treatment of the drug;
④ prevent pollution of the patient’s bleeding healthy skin, mucous membrane exposure of wounds or hidden damage.
The patient’s menstruation, epistaxis, and bleeding hemorrhoids blood should be thoroughly treated, and pollutants all be destroyed;
⑤ care of patients the blood of non-dominant transmission, such as not sharing toothbrushes, dental cylinder, to prevent bleeding gums infection, etc.;
⑥ husband and wife sex life should be to avoid the menstrual period, avoid rude, so as to avoid mucosal injury and infection;
⑦ patients are women of childbearing age, pregnancy and childbirth is likely to mother to child transmission.