Hepatitis C is the most severe form of viral hepatitis flow. There are several ways of contracting the disease, some of them in the present conditions of medicine are virtually eliminated.
Ways of infection with hepatitis C
Considered infected with a viral disease in several ways:
1. When using a needle different people - we are talking about drug addicts, who often in the course of the "dirty" needles.
2. From mother to fetus. This way of infection is not common, but it is the place to be. The most risky situation is the presence of acute hepatitis C in women during pregnancy, or on the background of the disease in question and there is a human immunodeficiency virus.
Note: if a woman has been diagnosed with hepatitis C is born a healthy child, the risk of infection is no no - with the virus is not transmitted to the mother's milk.
3. When tattooing, piercing your ears and body piercing, if these procedures are carried out with violations of sanitary regulations.
4. When unprotected intercourse. It should be clarified that the risk of infection with hepatitis C virus in this way is insignificant.
5. Through blood transfusions. This is exactly the case when the possibilities of modern medicine have reduced the risk of infection in this way to a minimum. Now, each portion of the blood that is being prepared for transfusion, always checked for the presence of hepatitis C virus
Doctors stress that there are cases of the disease in question, the ways of infection which can not be determined.
Symptoms of hepatitis C
There are two forms of the disease - acute and chronic. For each of them will be characterized by characteristic symptoms.
Symptoms of acute hepatitis C:
· temperature rise;
· Regular headaches;
· General malaise, and weakness;
· Periodically appearing aching pain in the joints;
· On the skin rash (rare);
· Decreased appetite, until the complete absence;
· There are recurrent pain in the right upper quadrant of intensive character;
· nausea, vomiting;
· Urine becomes pronounced dark color;
· Cal discolor.
A doctor at survey can identify an enlarged liver and spleen, blood tests show high levels of bilirubin, liver function tests are increased, in some cases, the "trigger" tumor markers. Once the patient has a severe jaundice, his condition significantly improved.
Note: acute form of hepatitis C at the beginning of its development, similar to the progression of the flu, which may hinder early diagnosis.
The symptoms of chronic hepatitis C:
· General weakness;
· Inability to perform strenuous exercise, which were previously available;
· Periodic, mild pain in the right upper quadrant;
· stomach ache;
· Discomfort in the joints and muscles.
A characteristic feature of chronic hepatitis C symptoms - periodic appearance and weak expression.
Treatment of Hepatitis C
Therapy for the treatment of hepatitis C is always used complex, it serves two purposes:
1. Reduce inflammation levels in the liver, to prevent the development of cirrhosis.
2. Completely eliminate the virus from the body, or at least reduce the amount thereof.
The main drug used to treat the disease in question is Interferon - it not only improves the immune system, but also prevents the pathological damage healthy liver cells.
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