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The article was written by Senior Doctor, Specialist II Tran Khac Dien - General Doctor - Department of Examination - Vinmec Times City International HospitalHepatitis C virus is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus. The disease is often silent, has few symptoms, and is often discovered incidentally. Currently, the treatment of hepatitis C is achieving many achievements with many new drugs, short treatment time, and high cure rate.
The cause of hepatitis C virus is hepatitis C virus, belonging to the Flaviviridae family, with 6 genotypes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; in which the common genotypes in Vietnam are 1, 6, 2, 3. The virus is transmitted mainly through blood transfusion and blood products, injection, dialysis.
Most of the disease has clinical manifestations quite discreet, patients only discovered the disease by chance or when there are manifestations of cirrhosis. Occasionally, some non-specific symptoms such as fatigue, anorexia, abdominal bloating, mild right upper quadrant pain, gastrointestinal disturbances, and jaundice may also occur. Cases of cirrhosis may experience fatigue, yellow eyes and clear skin, distended abdomen, edema, bleeding...
Diagnosis of hepatitis C virus disease is mainly based on positive Anti-HCV and HCV-RNA tests. positive, may have suggestive clinical manifestations.
Đến nay vẫn chưa có vacxin phòng viêm gan C nên việc phòng tránh các nguy cơ lây nhiễm là điều rất cần thiết mà mỗi người cần chủ động tìm hiểu
Treatment for hepatitis C depends on the stage of the disease. Acute hepatitis C usually only needs rest, using appropriate liver function support drugs because about 15-45% of acutely infected people can recover on their own. For patients with confirmed chronic hepatitis C virus, appropriate antiretroviral therapy should be prescribed depending on the patient's condition and the patient's virus genotype, the duration of treatment of the new drugs. It's been about 3 months now and it's quite effective.
Currently there is no vaccine against hepatitis C virus, so it is necessary to prevent the risk of infection such as not sharing needles, practicing safe sex. In clinical practice, it is necessary to screen blood and blood products before transfusion, and follow the principles of sterility and sterilization.
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