Hepatitis C virus – the liver, different kind of “killer”
A survey shows that China’s public lower awareness of hepatitis C.
According to national survey data, hepatitis C virus carriers is about 3.5% of the total population, about 40 million, second only to hepatitis B virus carriers.
Hepatitis C virus very “insidious”
Hepatitis C is due to hepatitis C virus infection after liver damage caused mainly by infectious diseases.
Its characteristics are that it can occur or not fever, but symptoms of relatively mild transaminase repeated fluctuations, easy to chronic, develop into chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, of which 1% ~ 4% to develop into liver cancer.
Hepatitis C virus very “sinister,” it is hard to be entrenched in the human body automatically cleared, constant, daily not only causes inflammation of liver cells, and even liver fibrosis, but also a lot of self-induced immune response, there’s a lot of other liver problems, such as Sjogren’s syndrome, skin rashes, joint pain.
Similarity with the hepatitis B, hepatitis C virus to carry the problem exists, the patient is not a long-term symptoms, but the virus persists.
Hepatitis C and hepatitis B are not the same management principles, hepatitis B virus carriers such as liver function to normal, requiring regular follow-up, without medication easily.
However, although the liver of hepatitis C virus carriers were all operating normally, if the puncture examination of liver HCV RNA (ie, HCV RNA, a hepatitis C virus genetic material) is positive, they should be timely antiretroviral therapy.
Of hepatitis C and hepatitis B incubation period is similar to normal circumstances, hepatitis C, the incubation period is 2 to 20 weeks, an average of 7.4 weeks; if blood products caused by hepatitis C, the incubation period is short, about the incidence of about 20 days.
Was how to do got entangled in a hepatitis C
In recent years, China’s approach to treatment of hepatitis C, there is a separate general interferon treatment, interferon plus traditional Chinese medicine Liver treatment, general interferon and ribavirin (ie, ribavirin, English, called Ribavirin) combination therapy.
The current standard treatment is pegylated interferon (Pegasys) and ribavirin in combination, after 3 to 6 months of regular treatment, its efficacy is 40% ~ 80%.
In the regular medication at the same time, disable the sulfa drugs, novobiocin, hormones, amino salicylic acid, phenacetin, iodine-containing contrast agent, otherwise, would exacerbate the liver damage.
Hepatitis C patients should eat high-protein food such as soy products, lean meat, ribs, chickens, turtles and other fruits and vegetables food group; unfit for human consumption raw, spicy and so stimulate the kind of food; should not be drinking.
Usually do emotional stability, do not fatigue, sleep adequacy, moderation sex life, strengthen health care and appropriate exercise, maintain normal immunity.
Focus on prevention, to cut off transmission
Hepatitis C virus can be contracted through blood transfusion, while intravenous drug use, wearing earring holes and tattoos, sex (especially homosexual), saliva, unsafe blood dialysis, surgery, extractions, acupuncture, endoscopy, use of non-disposable injecting equipment, sharing razors, etc. can also be disseminated, but also through mother to child transmission (especially hepatitis C virus and HIV co-infected mothers more likely).
If the blood transmission of hepatitis C virus enters the body large, mostly for acute hepatitis, jaundice, light or without jaundice, accounting for only 25%; elevated aminotransferases, severe rare, clinicians and patients less likely to arouse attention.
Hepatitis C can be a separate disease, but also could be combined incidence of hepatitis B and so on.
Where the means of infection through blood transfusion, two weeks to 6 months, the gradual emergence of malaise, anorexia, disgust oil, liver pain and other symptoms, laboratory tests for detection of anti-HCV (the hepatitis C virus antibody) and / or HCV-RNA (hepatitis C virus RNA)-positive, ALT above 100, can be diagnosed with Hepatitis C.
Has not yet developed a vaccine for hepatitis C, therefore, should be cut off to prevent HCV transmission to proceed.
Sex life in patients with hepatitis C should use condoms to reduce the frequency of sex, female patients should not be cured before the pregnancy, feeding in patients on artificial infant feeding is appropriate, pregnancy is not appropriate for anti-hepatitis C therapy, or drugs will be affected infants, the most good or termination of pregnancy.
With China’s “Guide to Hepatitis C” will be officially introduced, the expert called on the whole society should raise awareness of hepatitis C, hepatitis C patients respond to medical institutions for HCV antibody screening, prevention and control, to exclude the potential public health crisis.