I-Hepatitis C isasazwa ngegazi lakho
I-Hepatitis C ayidlulanga ngexesha lesini, kodwa isenokwenzeka. I-Hepatitis C, njenge-HIV, isasazeka ngokuqhagamshelana ngqo kunye negalelo legazi. Ngokubanzi, i-hepatitis C icingelwa ukuba iphindwe kabini ngaphezu kwe-HIV, kodwa ingozi yokuba nesifo se-hepatitis C isasazwa ngesondo kuncinci kune-HIV.
I-Hepatitis C yintsholongwane yentsholongwane engaphelelanga kwaze kwaba ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1980.
Ngaphambi kwelo xesha, iimpawu ezinxulumene nosulelo zaziwa nje ngokuba "engekho A, engeyi-B hepatitis." I-Hepatitis C ayisisifo esinye, kuqokelelwe ubuncinane ubuncinci besithandathu se-hepatitis C. Ukuchonga ukuba yeyiphi intlobo ebalulekileyo umntu xa ebona unyango kunye nokuxela.
Ngokungafani nesifo se-hepatitis B , esisoloko senza umonakalo kunye namaqabunga, ukusuleleka kwe-hepatitis C kuba yintsholongwane engapheliyo malunga ne-80 ekhulwini yexesha. Ehlabathini lonke kulinganiselwa ukuba abantu abayizigidi ezili-170 bathatha intsholongwane, ubuncinane ubunzima bezithuthi ezintathu eMelika.
Izindlela I-Hepatitis C inokudluliselwa kuyo
I-Hepatitis C isasazeka ngokuqhagamshelana ngqo kunye negalelo legazi. Oku kwenzeka nge:
- Ukuxilongwa kwegazi, ukuguqulwa kwamalungu, kunye neengxaki zokucima i-clotting factor: Ngaphambi kokuba kuhlolwe uvavanyo lwe-hepatitis C olusebenzayo ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, i-hepatitis C (ekuthiwa yi-non-B engeyiyo ye-B hepatitis yayisasazeka ngokuthe gxothwa ngegazi kwaye ingakumbi i-clotting infusions. ngokuvavanya, umngcipheko wokufumana isifo sengculaza ngokuxilongwa ngumntu omnye kwizigidi ezimbini kuphela.
- Ukusebenzisa iziyobisi
- Nzakala
- Ukudluliselwa kwabantwana ngama-mama (Isantya sokusasazwa komama nomntwana sinama-4 ekhulwini.)
- Ukuthintana ngokwesondo
- Ukuqhagamshelana nomndeni (Ukuhanjiswa kungabonakali ngoqhagamshelwano oluqhelekileyo kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo kubandakanya into ehlanganyelweyo ethwele igazi, njengesalathiso esabelana ngaso okanye i-toothbrush ehlanganyelweyo.)
- Okungaziwa (Kufikelela kwi-30 yepesenti ze-hepatitis C ezingenayo ingozi ebonekayo.)
Umngcipheko wokubambisana ne-hepatitis C ngokulala ngesondo akucaci, kodwa kubonakala ngathi umngcipheko ukwandiswa ngokuba namaqabane amaninzi ezesondo, i-STD, okanye usulelo lwe-HIV. Ngenxa yokuba abaninzi abantu baye bahlakulela i-hepatitis C ngaphandle kokubhengezwa kuyo nayiphi na ingozi eyaziwayo, ngoku kuyacetyiswa ukuba bonke abadala abazalwa phakathi ko-1945 no-1965 bavavanywe.
Kunzima ukulinganisa inani labantu abafumana i-hepatitis ngokwesini kunye nezinye iindlela. Olunye uphando lwafumanisa ukuba amaqabane omntu omdala osisigxina somntu osuleleka ku-hepatitis C athatha ulwasulelo lwama-4 ekhulwini. Iingcali zenzululwazi zifanisa iintlobo ezithile zentsholongwane ukuba zibone ukuba zingaphi iindidi zombini zinesifo esifanayo kwaye zifumene kwenzeka malunga neepesenti ezingama-0.6 zexesha. Ngokusekelwe kwesi sifundo kubonakala ukuba, ukulandelelaniswa, ukuthunyelwa kwe-hepatitis C kuya kwenzeka kwi-1 kwi-190,000 yeentlobano zesini. Ngokwahlukileyo, isifundo sangaphambili asifumananga ubungqina bokusasaza ngesondo.
Ukuchonga i-Hepatitis C
Xa intsholongwane ye-hepatitis C ingena emzimbeni wakho, ixhomekeke malunga neenyanga ezintandathu okanye ezisixhenxe ngaphambi kokubangela iingxaki. Ngeli xesha, unakho ukuhlakulela ukugula okufana nomkhuhlane, okanye, unokungenayo impawu nhlobo. Iimpawu, ukuba zikhona, zihlala phi kwiiveki ezimbalwa ukuya kwiinyanga ezintlanu.
Intsholongwane ingaqhubeka isonakalisa isibindi ngaphandle kwempawu. Izifo eziqhubekayo ngaphezu kweenyanga ezintandathu zithathwa njengezingapheliyo. Ukuvuvukala okungapheliyo kunokukhokelela kwi-cirrhosis, ukuhluleka kwesibindi kunye nomhlaza wesibindi. Amaphesenti angama-20 ukuya kuma-30 eabantu abanokusuleleka kwiintsholongwane ezingapheliyo baya kuhlakulela ezi ngxaki.
Igazi elilula linokukhusela intsholongwane. Ukuba ukuvavanya kulungile, kuya kufuneka ukuba uvavanyo olungakumbi luqinisekiswe ukuba unesifo segciwane. Ngelishwa, iimvavanyo zokuhlola zikwazi ukukwahlula phakathi kokuba unesifo kwixesha elidlulileyo okanye ukuba unesifo esingasigciwane.
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