Hepatitis-C

HEPATITIS C-BY DR SHRI DHAR
DEAR DRS
HERE IS SUMMARY OF HEPATITIS C
HEPATITIS C THIS VIRUS COMES MAINLY THROUGH BLOOD TRANSFUSION .
IF ANY PATIENT WHO HAS HAD A BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND NOW DEVLOPS AN ATTACK OF VIRAL HEPATITIS THINK OF HEPATITIS C
OR IF A PATIENT IS FOUND TO HAVE PERSISTENT ABNORMAL LIVER FUNCTION TEST ON TWO OR THREE OCCASIONS THEN THINK OF HEPATITIS C
SYMPTOMS OF HEPATITIS C ARE==There may no symptoms at at all it remain silent for a long until it causes cirrohsis of liver or liver cancerSymptoms of acute hepatitis C infection may be decreased in appetite, fatigue, abdominal pain, jaundice, itching, and flu-like symptoms (headache ,bodyaches,marked weakness and asthenia
Mode of transmission
1. Blood transfusion
2. Sharing needles
3. From dental procedures(through hepatitis c infected equipment)
4. Tattoo making
5. Nose and ear pierceing
6. Sharing tooth brush,razors,scisors etc
Note: Hepatitis c is not transmitted by sexual intercourse(rare if it occur),hugging,kissing,eating others food bites, using utensils of of an infected person.
it is not transmitted by brestfeeding to baby.
Diagnosis=Hepatitis C testing begins with serological blood tests used to detect antibodies to HCV. Anti-HCV antibodies can be detected in 80% of patients within 15 weeks after exposure, in >90% within 5 months after exposure, and in >97% by 6 months after exposureCourse and Prognosis =Hepatitis C may ends in cirrohsis of liver or liver cancer
NO VACCINATION IS AVAILABLE TILL TO DATECHAMPANZIANS WHICH RESEMBLES TO HUMANS ARE PROTECTED FROM HEPATITIS C, OTHERWISE IT’S VACCINATION MIGHT HAVE AVAILABLE TODAY.WHEN HEPATITIS C VIRUS IS INJECTED TO CHIMPENZEES THEY GOT ITS INFECTION BUT THE DISEASE DOES NOT PROGREES IN THEM THAT IS WHY IT’S VACCINATION IS NOT AVAILBLE ,HUMAN DNA RESEMBLE TO CHIMPENZEES IN A GREAT EXTEND