July 28 is World Hepatitis Day

Viral hepatitis is a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. Hepatitis affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing acute and chronic liver disease and killing nearly 1.5 million people each year. Most of these cases are related to hepatitis B and C. These diseases can be prevented, but most people don't know what to do.

Hepatitis prevention is divided into two stages:

Vaccination

Screening examinations for people at risk

Screening involves a blood test to determine viral markers – HbsAh (hepatitis B) and Anti-HCV (hepatitis C), since these two types of hepatitis are the most dangerous for humans, since they are chronic diseases that require long-term specific treatment.

It is important to know how viral hepatitis is transmitted:

A - fecal-oral transmission, mainly through contaminated water and food

B - through contaminated blood and during sexual contact with an infected partner

C - transmitted through contaminated blood (blood transfusion, through personal hygiene products, when performing cosmetic services with non-sterile instruments)

D - transmitted through contaminated blood. Only people with hepatitis B get sick

E is the fecal-oral route of transmission, mainly through contaminated water. The virus is prevalent in East and South Asia.

The World Health Organization identifies the following risk groups for hepatitis B or C infection:

people who frequently require blood and blood products, dialysis patients, recipients of whole organ transplants;

People who have undergone administration of infected blood products or invasive procedures in health care facilities with inadequate infection control methods;

children born to mothers with viral hepatitis

Individuals who have tattoo or had their skin pierced

prisoners in prisons;

injecting drug users;

family members and sexual partners of people with chronic hepatitis B infection;

people with multiple sexual partners;

healthcare professionals and others who may be exposed to blood and blood products at work;

Attention! Markers of all viral hepatitis are available in the OLYMP CDL! Details in the contact center 59-79-59 (for Almaty 259-79-59)