Self-test: whether or not to go check the hepatitis c

If you have a history of transfusion, had a tattoo, tattooed, wear earrings hole, you or your partner had dirty sex life history and the use of contaminated injecting equipment or without strict disinfection of dental equipment, dental experiences to the hospital for hepatitis c screening.

Why hepatitis c patients usually look very healthy?

Typical cases not long ago, a 40-year-old companions went to the hospital outpatient, his family said he in recent months often fatigue, decreased appetite, occasionally right rib pain, the doctor diagnosed him as advanced cirrhosis.

My family was very strange that he always as strong and healthy, not smoking and drinking, but each unit examination and never found any disease, how suddenly have cirrhosis? doctors discovered by asking the history, original 8 years ago suffered in a car accident surgery lose blood, then after further HCV antibody test to confirm that the patient is infected with HCV.

Expert comments on 75% to 80% of patients infected with hepatitis c virus, early symptoms are not clear.

But when the patient was hospitalized with symptoms appear relevant, often has been developed to hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis, missed the best treatment for early stage disease.

With other viral hepatitis hepatitis b, hepatitis c and easier to lay down, and unknowingly damage the liver, and in case of patients with decompensated cirrhosis, the survival rate in patients 10 years of only 25%.

Therefore, hepatitis c and is called the "invisible killer". In addition it is possible for hepatitis c in stealth mode hazards also does not have sufficient knowledge, consciousness to hospital for examination and the formal treatment of hepatitis c patients seldom.

Didn't lose blood does not mean that we will not be infected with HCV.

Experts say that the Western countries, around 80% of hepatitis c is spread through transfusion, but internally it has 50% to 60% of patients through other channels is infected with HCV. Have used the apparatus without strict disinfection, eyebrow tattoos, tattoo to wear earrings holes Mucocutaneous traumatic operation is a high risk population of HCV. But like infusion or needle sterilization is not strict, some clinics, especially not the regular dental clinic operations do not spread hepatitis c, will. In addition, trauma, not health habits that will result in the transmission of HCV.

Hepatitis c treatment can be the "root"

Typical cases

Has the patient work of busy.

Diagnosed with hepatitis c, he was afraid of delayed work, heard that interferon will "kill white blood cells", "fever". Plus the illness symptoms after the "nothing to eat, not retaining flange to drink," he didn't listen to doctors recommended that eat liver medicine doctor. Didn't want to just a few years, now he has started of liver fibrosis. Recently he also went to the hospital, but treatment opportunities are missed.

Expert comments on expert pointed out that HCV entirely possible cure.

By antiviral therapy for hepatitis c, with conventional interferon plus Ribavirin. If using poly interferon (such as send luoxin, etc.) combined with Ribavirin programme, the cure rate to more than 60%, i.e. withdrawal of half a year later, the blood is still not detected by the hepatitis c virus.

There is a mistaken for as long as normal in patients with serum transaminases, so blindly take debasing enzyme drugs.

In fact this is HCV temporarily latent, has not been cleared, still affects the liver. Both hepatitis b or hepatitis c, the most effective treatment methods is anti-virus. And as for some patients on the side-effect of worry too much, the expert advice only white down to 3 * 103/cubic mm, platelet drop to 5 * 104/ml are considered withdrawal or reduction of drug problems in the treatment of

Don't give up.

If stopping drug not only wasted, but also may cause illness sustained repeated.

HCV self detection of high-risk population

According to the hepatitis c prevention guide-defined hepatitis c transmission, experts to develop this high-risk population self detection table, just a few minutes, the reader will know whether they belong to the high risk population of CHC, thus excluding the possibility of HCV infection itself.

If any of the following symptoms, in brackets, designated "√" had lost before 1993 received blood or blood products ()

Conducted a gastroscopy, endoscopy () has been without a strict disinfection of acupuncture treatment ()

Have blood dialysis or transplant () have been used without strict disinfection of Dental drill, dental instruments ()

And others with the same syringe () at the barber shop use without strict disinfection of Barber, Shaver with ()

Have used the apparatus without strict disinfection, eyebrow tattoos, tattoo to wear earrings holes Mucocutaneous lesions of operation () has been in beauty salons, noses and other liposuction traumatic beauty project ()

Have multiple sexual partners ()

Close contact with the blood of health workers ()

Family members of hepatitis c patients () above option as long as there is a "√", then you belong to HCV among high-risk populations.

Regardless of whether such a crowd of liver function is normal, experts suggest that there should be a regular hospital for HCV antibodies to HCV, excluded.