Abantu abayizigidi ezi-2.7 eUnited States bahlala ne- hepatitis C engapheliyo, kodwa abaninzi abaqondi ukuba banesifo ngenxa yokuba bengaboni okanye baziva begula. Abasetyhini, ingakumbi abo abakhulelweyo okanye abaceba ukukhulelwa, kufuneka baqaphele ingozi yabo, njengoko i-hepatitis C ingahanjiswa kwiintsana ngexesha lokuzalwa.
Yintoni i-Hepatitis C?
I-Hepatitis C iyisifo esinegalelo esibesifo esasasazeka ngokuqhagamshelana negazi lomntu osulelekileyo.
Ukugula kuqala njenge-acute hepatitis C, ukugula kwexesha elifutshane eliqhubekayo kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala zokusuleleka kwintsholongwane. Kwakukho iziganeko ezingama-29,718 ezichazwe ngentsholongwane ye-hepatitis C ebangelwa yi-US ngo-2013. Ukusuleleka ngokuthe ngqo kuholele ekusulelekeni kwintsholongwane engapheliyo kuma-85 ekhulwini abantu. Izizathu eziqhelekileyo zokufumana intsholongwane zibandakanya ukwabelana ngezilonda zeedakamizwa, ukulimala kweedaliti kwizonyango zokunakekelwa kwempilo nokuzalwa komama onesifo sesifo se-hepatitis C.
Iimpawu
I-Hepatitis C idla ngokuba "isifo esifihliweyo" okanye "ubhubhane buthule" kuba abo basulelekileyo abanamava abaqhelekanga kwiminyaka eyi-10 ukuya kwe-30 emva kokuvalelwa. Iimpawu ze-hepatitis C zilula ukungazi kakuhle kwaye zihlala zifana nomkhuhlane okanye ezinye iimeko. Xa izibonakaliso zikhoyo zingabandakanya ukukhathala okukrakra, isicupunu, intlungu yesibindi nokudandatheka.
Izinto zobungozi
Ngenxa yokuba iimpawu zentsholongwane azibonakali kwiminyaka emininzi, kubalulekile ukuqonda izinto ezinobungozi kwaye zichonge ukuba ngaba kukho nayiphi na isicelo ngaphambi kokuba ube nomntwana.
Thetha ugqirha wakho ukuba uya kula nawa maqela emngcipheko:
- Abo bafumana ukumpontshelwa igazi okanye ukuguquka kwegazi phambi ko-1992.
- Abasetyhini abafumana i-C-section delivery before 1992.
- Ukusetyenziswa kweziyobisi ezingenakudla (mhlawumbi kanye), kwaye mhlawumbi usebenzisa i-cocaine okanye ezinye iziyobisi.
- Izigulane zexesha elide le-hemodialysis.
- Abo bafumene i-clotting factor ngaphambi kowe-1987.
- Abo babelane ngama-razors, ama-brush okanye ezinye iimveliso ezingenayo igazi nomntu osulelekileyo.
- Abo bazalwa ngumama ngexesha lokuzalwa kwakho.
- Abasebenzi bezeMpilo abachazwe kwiintonga ze-aldle, ukutshitshiswa, okanye ukuchithwa kwe-mucosal kwigazi le-hepatitis C-positive.
- Abantu ababenesondo esingakhuselekanga kunye namaqabane amaninzi, okanye imbali ye-STD.
- Abo babenemifanekiso yokungafanelanga okanye ukubhoboza umzimba.
Kubalulekile ukuqonda umngcipheko we-hepatitis C, zombini kwimpilo yakho nakwentsapho yakho. Ukuba kukho nayiphi na ingozi engasetyenziswa kuwe, ungakhathazeki. Thetha nogqirha wakho ukuze ufunde malunga nokuvavanywa kwintsholongwane. Ukuba unayo i-hepatitis C, akuqinisekanga ukuba uya kuhambisa intsholongwane kumntwana wakho. Malunga ne-6 nganye kwiintsana ezingama-100 ezizalwe ngoomama abanentsholongwane banokusuleleka (loo mngcipheko ukwandisa ukuba unina unayo i-HIV). Thetha ugqirha ngaphambi kokuba ucwangcise intsapho ukuba ufunde ngamanyathelo ongayithatha ukukhusela umntwana wakho.
Umthombo:
Amacandelo okuLawula nokuKhuselwa kwezifo. I-Viral Hepatitis - I-Hepatitis C Ulwazi.