Hepatitis is an infectious disease, which affects the liver. Liver is the main organ in human's organism, which clean the blood from toxins. In addition to this, livers produce the bile. Because of this, the dysfunction of livers is very dangerous disorder. According the latest researches, approximately 270-300 million people are infected with hepatitis worldwide.
It is discovered that the main cause of hepatitis C infection is hepatitis C virus. This virus can be easily transmitted by blood-to-blood contact. Because of this, doctors that are working with patients having hepatitis C virus must be very attentive. People also should be careful and save their open injures from infections. By the way, it is noticeable that hepatitis C virus is the infections disease, which occurs only in human. It is impossible to get or transmit this infection from/to animals.
Symptoms of Hepatitis
The primary symptoms of hepatitis infection are usually asymptomatic. Once the hepatitis progresses to the chronic infection and the liver cirrhosis develops, the symptoms of hepatitis appear. The most common signs of hepatitis infection include tiredness, fatigue, nausea, lack of appetite and pain in the area of liver or lower back.
Prevention of Hepatitis
Because of the fact that hepatitis virus can easily spread by blood-to-blood contact people should avoid the injections of narcotic drugs. Addicts are used to use the same needles and the virus with hepatitis an easily spread from one addict to another. In addition to this, medical institutions and transplantation centers must carefully check the donated blood and organs that are indicated for the transplantation. Moreover, if your sex partner has hepatitis C virus or is supposed to has it, personal hygiene and prevention of sex with infected people is recommended.
Hepatitis Treatment
If the hepatitis virus progress slowly and does not injure the liver strongly, only the regular examination of liver condition can be prescribed. Others stages of hepatitis infections can be treated with medications or even liver transplantation. Moreover, the procedures, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy can also be prescribed for the treatment for hepatitis infection and liver cirrhosis.
