I-Hepatitis C isakazwa ngegazi lakho
I-Hepatitis C ayidluliswanga ngesikhathi sokulala, kepha isengenzeka. I-Hepatitis C, njenge-HIV, isakazwa ngokuxhumana okuqondile negazi elinegciwane. Ngokuvamile, i-hepatitis C icatshangwa ukuthi isetshenziselwa ukwedlula isandulela-ngculazi ngaphezu kweshumi, kodwa ingozi yokuba nesifo sofuba esandulela ngculaza isuke isancipha kune-HIV.
I-Hepatitis C iyisifo sofuba esingasetshenziswanga kuze kube sekupheleni kwawo-1980.
Ngaphambi kwaleyo nkathi, izimpawu ezihlobene nokutheleleka zaziziwa nje ngokuthi "okungezona A, okungukuthi" A-B ". I-Hepatitis C ayiyona isifo esisodwa, kungumqoqo wezinhlobo eziyisithupha ezihlukene ze-hepatitis C. Ukubona ukuthi yikuphi ukucindezeleka umuntu okubalulekile lapho kunqunywa ukwelashwa nokubikezelwa.
Ngokungafani nesifo se-hepatitis B , esivame ukulimaza kanye namaqabunga, ukutheleleka kwesifo sohlobo lwe-hepatitis C kuba yisifo esingapheli cishe ngamaphesenti angu-80 esikhathi. Emhlabeni jikelele kulinganiselwa ukuthi abantu abayizigidi eziyi-170 banethwala igciwane, okungenani izintathu eziyizigidi ezintathu ezivela e-United States kuphela.
Izindlela I-Hepatitis C Engadluliselwa Ngayo
I-Hepatitis C isakazwa ngokuxhumana okuqondile negazi elinegciwane. Lokhu kungenzeka nge:
- Ukumpontshelwa igazi, ukuguqulwa kwegciwane, nokuguqulwa kwegazi: Ngaphambi kokuhlolwa kwe-hepatitis C okuphumelelayo ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, i-hepatitis C (okwakuthiwa yi-non-A engeyona B ye-hepatitis yayidluliselwa kaningi ngegazi futhi ikakhulukazi i-clotting factor infusions. ngokuvivinywa, ingozi yokuthola igciwane ngokusebenzisa ukumpontshelwa yodwa kuphela kwezigidi ezimbili.
- Ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa ze-IV
- Ukulimala kwe-Needlestick
- Ukudluliswa komama nosana (Isilinganiso sokudluliselwa komama nengane sinamaphesenti angama-4.)
- Ukuxhumana ngokocansi
- Ukuthintana komndeni (Ukudluliswa akuvamile ukuxhumana okuvamile futhi kuvame ukubandakanya izinto ezithintekayo ezithwala igazi, njenge-razor eyabelwe noma i-toothbrush ehlanganyelwe.)
- Okungaziwa (Kuze kube ngamaphesenti angama-30 e-hepatitis C amacala angenazo izinto ezingabonakali ezingozini.)
Ingozi yokuthola i-hepatitis C ngezocansi ayicacile, kodwa kubonakala sengathi ingozi yanda ngokuba nabalingani abaningi bezocansi, i-STD, noma ukutheleleka nge-HIV. Ngenxa yokuthi abantu abaningi baye bahlakulela i-hepatitis C ngaphandle kokuvezwa kunoma yiziphi izici eziyingozi, manje kunconywa ukuthi bonke abadala abazalwa phakathi kuka-1945 no-1965 bahlolwe.
Kunzima ukulinganisa inani labantu abathola isifo sofuba ngesinye isikhathi. Ucwaningo oluthile lwathola ukuthi abalingani besikhathi eside besikhathi eside somuntu ophethwe yisifo sofuba C bathatha ukutheleleka cishe ngamaphesenti angu-4 esikhathi. Ososayensi baqhathanisa uhlobo oluthize lwegciwane ukuze babone ukuthi amalungu omabili anesifo esifanayo kaningi kangakanani futhi athola ukuthi kwenzeka cishe amaphesenti angu-0. yesikhathi. Ngokusekelwe kulolu cwaningo kubonakala ukuthi, ngokulandelana, ukuthunyelwa kwe-hepatitis C kuzokwenzeka cishe ku-1 kuzo zonke izikhathi ezingu-190 000 zocansi. Ngokuphambene nalokho, isifundo sangaphambili asikho ubufakazi bokudluliswa ngokocansi.
Ukubona I-Hepatitis C
Lapho igciwane le-hepatitis C lingena emzimbeni wakho, lilenga nxazonke emasontweni ayisithupha noma ayisikhombisa ngaphambi kokubangela izinkinga. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ungase uhlakulele ukugula okunjengomkhuhlane, noma, kungenzeka ukuthi awunayo izimpawu nhlobo. Izimpawu, uma zikhona, zingakwazi ukuhlala kuphi kusukela emasontweni ambalwa kuya kwezinyanga ezinhlanu.
Igciwane lingase liqhubeke lilimaza isibindi ngaphandle kwempawu. Izifo eziqhubeka ngaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisithupha zibhekwa njengezingapheli. Ukuvuvukala okungapheli kungaholela ekutheni i-cirrhosis, ukwehluleka kwesibindi, nomdlavuza wesibindi. Abantu abangamaphesenti angama-20 kuya ku-30 abanesifo eside esingapheli bayokuthuthukisa lezi zinkinga.
Igazi elilula lingakwazi ukukhipha igciwane. Uma ukuhlolwa kulungile, kuzodingeka ukuhlolwa okuqhubekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi empeleni usulelekile ngegciwane. Ngeshwa, ukuhlolwa kokuhlola akukwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokuthi ngabe une-HIV esikhathini esidlule noma ngabe unesifo esingenasifo.
> Imithombo:
> Amasevisi Okulawula Nokuvimbela Izifo. Izincomo zokuhlola ze-Hepatitis C Virus Infection. 2016.
> Terrault, M., Dodge, J., Murphy, E. et al. Ukwedlulisa ngokocansi kwe-Hepatitis C Virus Phakathi Kwezimbhangqwana Zama-Monogamous Heterosexual: I-HCV Partners Study. I-Hepatology . 2013. 57 (3): 881-9.