Uyazi ukuthi igciwane le- hepatitis C libukeka kanjani? Okokuqala, ake sikhulume ngokuthi yi-hepatitis. I-hepatitis ukuvuvukala kwesibindi, isitho esikhulu kakhulu emzimbeni. Isibindi sisiza ukugaya ukudla, ukugcina amandla, nokususa izinhlayiya.
I-Hepatitis C, ukuvuvukala kwesibindi , kubangelwa igciwane lesandulela ngculaza elibhekene ne-HCV. Kuvame ukusabalala ngokuxhumana negazi elinesifo.
Kungasakazeka ngezocansi nomuntu onegciwane lesandulela ngculazi futhi kusukela kumama kuya kumntwana ngesikhathi sokubeletha.
I-Hepatitis C ingaba ukugula okuphansi okuhlala isikhathi eside nje amasonto ambalwa, noma okubi kakhulu, okuhlala isikhathi eside.
Ukutheleleka kwegciwane le-Hepatitis C eliyingozi kuyisifo esifushane esenzeka ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala ngemva kokuba umuntu evezwe igciwane lesifo sofuba. Kubantu abaningi, ukutheleleka okunzima kuholela ekutheleleni okungajwayelekile.
Ukwelashwa kwesifo se-Hepatitis C esingapheli yisifo esihlala isikhathi eside lapho kwenzeka igciwane le-hepatitis C lihlala emzimbeni womuntu. Ukutheleleka kwesifo se-Hepatitis C kungahlala isikhathi eside futhi kuholele ezinkingeni ezinkulu zesibindi, kuhlanganise ne-cirrhosis (ukubhuka kwesibindi) noma umdlavuza wesibindi .
I-Hepatitis C ibonakala kanjani?
I-virus ye-hepatitis C incane kakhulu (nanometer engama-30 kuya kwangu-60 ububanzi) ukuthi izigidi zazo zingangena ekhanda len pin. Amagciwane amaningi, futhi ikakhulukazi ama-virus we-hepatitis C, awubonakali usebenzisa i-microscope yokukhanya ngoba encane kunomkhawulo ophezulu wokukhanya okubonakalayo.
Kodwa-ke, ososayensi banezinye izindlela zokwazi ukuthi i-virus ye-hepatitis C ibonakala kanjani.
Uma ungakwazi ukukhulisa i-hepatitis C virion ngokwanele ukuze uyibuke ngempela, ibonakala sengathi iyingqimba futhi igcwele ama-spikes, okuthiwa ama-proteins E. Kunezinhlobo ezimbili zama-proteine E (E1 no-E2), okuthiwa ngenxa yokuthi zihamba ngemvilophu yegciwane, noma isembozo sangaphandle.
Ngaphansi kwalokhu imvilophu ingumgogodla wegciwane, oqukethe izinto zawo zofuzo, i-RNA ( r ibo n ucleic a cid). Ngenxa yokuthi igciwane linalo i-RNA-based genome (uma kuqhathaniswa ne-genome esekelwe kakhulu ye-DNA), ingcono kakhulu ukuguqulwa komzimba. Lokhu kuguqulwa kwikhodi yegciwane lesandulela ngculaza kubangela ngokuqondile izinhlobo ezahlukene zegciwane lesifo sofuba esiphezulu, esaziwa ngokuthi i- genotypes ne-subspecies . Kunezinhlobo eziyisithupha ze-genotype ezinkulu ze-hepatitis C kanye nezinye eziningi ze-subspecies.
I-virus ye-hepatitis C, njengawo wonke amagciwane, ayikwazi ukukhiqiza ngokwayo. Kumele uqale ukuthelela iseli eliphilayo, njenge-hepatocyte, futhi uthathe "imishini" yeseli. Ukusebenzisa ulwazi lwezofuzo esitokisini, igciwane le-hepatitis C liyakwazi ukwenza amakhophi ngokwayo angabangela ukutheleleka okwengeziwe.
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