Hepatitis C and skin diseases
Hepatitis C in the blood-borne hepatitis in the incidence rate after hepatitis B, but the danger with the hepatitis B compared favorably, not only difficult to be cured (clinical cure rate for hepatitis B 1 / 8), and the easy to chronic (hepatitis B Grand 6 ~ 8 times), some patients may also be converted to cirrhosis of the liver. Once chronic hepatitis C, the condition is often difficult to pathological changes in self-judgment, so easy to overlook. In recent years, scientists have found that: the event of a hepatitis C in patients with certain skin conditions, it means that condition in progress; if in the past has not been found to have hepatitis C, then the skin prompted the need to check their tests with the hepatitis C-related (such as anti – hepatitis C virus antibodies, hepatitis C virus RNA, etc.), to facilitate early diagnosis and early treatment. Though not specific diagnostic methods, but there are great reference value.
Recurrent urticaria: hepatitis C in patients with recurrent urticaria, which means the virus in the body, human reproduction, an unstable condition, or infected with hepatitis C virus.
The skin itch: such as anti-hepatitis C virus antibody-positive, body skin, itching, it means that stubborn illness and treatment difficult.
Lichen Planus: skin bian polygonal papules, dull red or purple, the surface gloss: or mucosa papules scattered in a large tip, showing linear or reticular arrangement, is likely to lichen planus, hepatitis C patients in an unstable phase there are about 37% can occur, hepatitis C improved ebbed, hepatitis C, further worsening the increase.
Drying Syndrome: the body of all mucosa mucus reduced, dry, dry and inflammatory response occurs, or itching, the same response to hepatitis C in it.
Cold immunoglobulin hyperlipidemia: skin subjected to cold stimulation or standing for too long and excessive labor, lower extremities, bleeding papules or necrotic purpura, a few accompanied by joint pain, hepatitis C In this case the condition implies instability, it is necessary increase the treatment intensity, such as hepatitis C better, not re-occur.
Delayed cutaneous porphyria: skin drying in the sunlight or trauma, and soon bullous skin rash, blisters the premises after breaking with erosion or crusting, hepatitis C active phase there is such a phenomenon.