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Hepatitis C

hepatitis C

How common is hepatitis C infection?

The prevalence of hepatitis C in the developed countries reaches 2%. The number of people infected with hepatitis C virus in Russia could reach 5 million worldwide - 500 million Official registration and accounting of sick and infected with hepatitis C started much later than in other viral hepatitis. Previous infection called viral hepatitis "neither A nor B"

Every year, the incidence of hepatitis C in different countries is growing. It is believed that this increase is associated with an increase in drug abuse: 38-40% of young people who get hepatitis C infected through intravenous drug use.
Chronic hepatitis C is the leader among the reasons for requiring a liver transplant

Mechanism of hepatitis C infection

To hepatitis C virus infection was carried out, it is necessary that the material containing the virus (the blood of an infected person) got into the bloodstream of another person. Viruses entered the bloodstream to the liver where penetrate the cells of the liver and begin to multiply there. Liver cell damage can occur due to the activity of viruses themselves, and in the immunological reaction - the body response, sending the immune cells to kill cells infected liver cells containing foreign genetic material.


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Hepatitis C symptoms

In general, hepatitis C - is an asymptomatic disease, is diagnosed more often by accident when people are surveyed about other diseases. Therefore, early diagnosis is important analyzes.

Often other marked fatigue, weakness, fatigue. But these symptoms are non-specific (one of their presence can not talk about hepatitis C).
cirrhotic liver may appear jaundice, increases in volume abdomen (ascites), spider veins appear, growing weakness

Hepatitis C diagnosis

Antibody (anti-HCV) found in 70% of cases when the first symptoms of the disease, and in 90% of cases - within three months. But the fact that the symptoms often can not be.

HCV RNA in the blood (more detailed analysis of the PCR method) is detected within 1-2 weeks after infection

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Hepatitis C treatment

The mainstay of treatment for hepatitis C - combined antiviral therapy. International research and clinical practice have shown that currently the most proven itself a combination of two drugs - interferon-alpha and ribavirin. Individually they are less effective.
However, in special cases (eg, contraindications to one of the drugs) can be assigned to one drug monotherapy.
Doses and duration of treatment are selected by the doctor individually, taking into account many factors

Hepatitis C prophylaxis

Passive or active immunization against HCV infection has not yet been developed. Immunization of chimpanzees using glycoprotein E1 and E2 results in some animals with experimental HCV infection to the development of specific immunity. However, considerable variability of the HCV genome and the existence of many genotypes represent a significant obstacle to the creation of a protective vaccine.

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What should I do to prevent infection with hepatitis C virus?

• Never use injection drugs. If you can not abandon them in and out of addiction, never with anyone not sharing needles, syringes, solutions and any similar devices, and do not use other people's
•      If you are using injecting drugs, you should be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B. This will keep your liver at risk of co-infection
•      Never with anyone and do not share, do not use other people's razors and appliances, toothbrushes and any article which may be blood
•      If you - a medical professional, you should always observe safety precautions, especially when working with any sharp objects. You need to be vaccinated against hepatitis B
•      If you come to a medical facility or dental office, see that all potentially dangerous manipulations performed only disposable instruments
•      Think twice before you go and get a tattoo or piercing, and see - where and to whom you go. Master should wash hands and work in disposable gloves. You can infect a needle that contains infected blood

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Hepatitis C treatment contraindication

• People who were transplanted kidney, heart, lung
• Patients in whom administration of interferon exacerbates the autoimmune process in the liver or other organs
• Patients with untreated hyperthyroidism (thyroid disease)
• Pregnant women
• Children under 3 years
• People with individual intolerance of any drug for the treatment of hepatitis C

Hepatitis C treatment side effects

In the beginning of the course of treatment side effects are common, but in the course of treatment they pretty least weakened. Most often arise such flu-like symptoms such as: fever, headaches, pain in joints and muscles, fatigue and drowsiness, lack of appetite, weight loss.

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