Hepatitis C can be cured
Hepatitis C and hepatitis B is the same as are addicted to the liver from a hepatitis virus, hepatitis B patients in China due to a great number of publicity there are many, so we are very familiar with, compared to the hepatitis C is very little understanding of , and the onset of hepatitis C is more hidden, more difficult to be found, in fact, hepatitis B, like hepatitis C with the terrible harm, also can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer, therefore, often called the “hidden killer”, and At present we have no vaccine for hepatitis C can be prevented, but fortunately that so long as active treatment, hepatitis C is curable.
What is the formal treatment of hepatitis C?
And difficult to treat hepatitis B (and we hear that they can be cured) The difference is that hepatitis C can be cured, remove the virus can achieve the purpose. Then how should we help? Formal treatment of hepatitis C is the anti-viral treatment, while the currently used anti-viral treatment of hepatitis C is only one way, that is, interferon therapy can be combined with or without ribavirin. Interferon can also be divided into ordinary long-acting interferon and interferon (medically known as pegylated interferon), due to pegylated interferon injections once a week as long as, but much higher efficacy of interferon as compared with ordinary At present Europe and the United States of pegylated interferon has become the standard hepatitis C treatment program. Of course, the domestic economic conditions, the majority of patients also can only use regular interferon.
What people need treatment? The timing of the treatment?
Although the aminotransferase (ALT) levels increased, and liver biopsy shows liver inflammation in patients with active therapy would be better. However, the latest domestic and international prevention and treatment guidelines are recommended regardless of whether or not with normal liver function, as long as that diagnosed hepatitis C antiviral therapy should be actively pursued, of course, the treatment is needed before a decision to conduct a systematic assessment of the disease.
In conclusion, occult hepatitis C is a highly infectious disease, we should be giving them full attention, raising the public’s understanding of hepatitis C to promote awareness of hepatitis C, for high-risk groups should be active early screening, and early treatment, the only way to improve the therapeutic effect of hepatitis C to be able to conquer the hepatitis C, in a word, “Hepatitis C cure, awareness is the key.”