Hepatitis C About

Hepatitis C About

Hepatitis C is an inflammation of the liver that is caused by the HCV virus. The virus was discovered in 1989 and is among RNA viruses whose genome consists of RNA.

Down here know about hepatitis C, symptoms, causes and treatment tips. From these tips you can identify the disease in the infected person and give perfect care and treatment.

Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is a viral infectious disease, which occurs worldwide. After infection with the hepatitis C can cause liver inflammation that may persist for life (in 5% of patients).

Infection mostly occurs via contaminated blood or such as semen or body fluids breast milk.

The symptoms

The time between infection with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the onset of the disease, called the incubation period can range from 2 weeks to several months.

The disease often unnoticed and without typical signs and symptoms happens:

Fatigue, general weakness.

Headaches, loss of appetite.

Weight loss, fever, joint pain.

Abdominal pain in the upper abdomen.

Rarely dark urine, bowel movements light colors rarely in hepatitis C.

Causes

The virus is transmitted primarily through blood or blood contact, but some common and major transmission of hepatitis C forms are fallow.

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1. HCV is transmitted primarily through direct or indirect contact with the blood, HCV is partially detected in other body fluids such as semen or milk.

2. Pregnant women can also transmit HCV to the child what is called perinatal or vertical transmission during childbirth.

3. An infection is also possible with tattoos or body piercing, if current standards of hygiene are not met.

4. Transmission on open wounds, razor blades or toothbrushes as well as during sex is possible, but very unlikely.

Treatment Tips

For the treatment of hepatitis C, especially interferon medical drugs and put a inhibiting virus replication.

1. Therapy is an outpatient procedure in approximately 99% of cases. Only in case of complications, hospitalization may be necessary.

Acute HCV treated with interferon. The treatment extends over 24 weeks. A transition to chronic hepatitis C therefore can be prevented in over 85% of cases.

2. Treatment of chronic hepatitis C is combination therapy of PEG-IFN-alpha and ribavirin. Ribavirin is a nucleoside analogue and acts virustatic (not kill, but inhibition of virus replication). Frequent laboratory monitoring is necessary because the drug tends to bone marrow suppression.

Prevention

To prevent HCV transmission paths should be avoided. Caution is needed in blood transfusions. 1 in 100,000 transfusions causing an infection with hepatitis C.

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A vaccine for HCV, no rules of conduct are even more important as the use of condoms or avoiding needles already used in drug