C virus
C virus is a type of virus that causes hepatitis, which is one of the most dangerous viruses because of its association with chronic liver infection and serious complications, such as cirrhosis, liver cancer, and other types of viruses. (C, B) are the most dangerous and cause chronic hepatitis, and may also result from infection with other types of infection, or from the use of certain types of drugs, as well as exposure to certain toxins, or suffering from Autoimmune diseases.
Types of viral hepatitis C
There are two main types of hepatitis C virus: active type, which lasts for a short period, up to six months, and the chronic type is often produced after suffering from the active type; it is difficult for the human body to get rid of this virus, and suffer The virus is divided into subtypes according to the genotype of each species. There is no difference between these types in terms of severity and severity of the disease, However, their division on this For about it is of great importance in determining the type of treatment, its dose, and duration.
Symptoms of viral hepatitis C
Studies show that about 80% of patients with active hepatitis C virus have no symptoms. In the case of symptoms, they usually appear within two to six months after the virus enters the body of the patient, and are often similar to the extent The symptoms associated with this infection are as follows:
- Feeling sharp pains in the abdomen, especially at the top of it.
- Suffering from the yolk, often appears on the skin or eyes.
- Feeling tired and tired, and may be accompanied by pain in various muscles of the body and joints.
- The color of the urine becomes dark, and the color of the stool changes to light color, where doctors usually look like clay.
- Suffering from chills, high body temperature.
- Loss of appetite for food, weight loss, in addition to feeling nauseous.
- Feeling of severe itching in the skin.
- Suffering from mood swings.
Complications of viral hepatitis C
C virus is the most dangerous type of viruses causing hepatitis, because of the seriousness of the complications that may result from it, in addition to that about half of the patients with active type will be infected with chronic type, may cause inflammation of cirrhosis of the liver tissue, then convert healthy liver tissue into diseased diseased tissue , Which prevents the liver from performing its functions properly, and can cure this condition only by liver transplantation, and complications of hepatitis C also failure of the liver, the final stage of liver disease, in which the liver stops functioning almost all of it, and may happen after The suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, and may cause inflammation of the liver caused by C virus liver cancer as well.
Methods of transmission of C virus
C is often transmitted through blood and other body fluids. This is the same type of transmission of B virus; this occurs when infected blood is mixed with the blood of the infected person, using contaminated needles, especially those used by drug users, Infected person, his or her contaminated blades, or toothbrush.
The spread of C virus is also observed in people who are often exposed to the appearance of fever on their bodies in an unclean environment, or using non-sterilized instruments, and may be transmitted through unprotected sex – without the use of prevention methods – but this transmission is rare. Pregnant woman infected with her fetus, but this virus can not be transmitted through food, drink, or contact with the infected person in contrast to A.
Treatment of viral hepatitis C
After confirming the diagnosis of hepatitis C symptoms, doctors usually prescribe combinations of drugs to treat the disease, prevent liver damage, and the treatment of hepatitis C has developed very recently. It has never been treated before; Global medicine is a medicine that cures Hepatitis C by a very large amount. The drug is composed of a combination of: Elvasvir and Grazoprevir, taken orally as a pill once a day.
Before making this drug, other drugs have been very successful in the treatment of hepatitis C, such as the drug Suvaldiovir and Ledipasvir, which can cure most cases in eight to twelve weeks Ten weeks, and may be accompanied by side effects, such as: the feeling of pain in the head, in addition to nausea.
The treatment of hepatitis C was previously limited to interferon with ribavirin, but their use was significantly reduced after other types of drugs were discovered, because only a few cases of treatment were used, and their side effects were frequent. May cause severe tiredness, anemia, anxiety, tension, nausea or diarrhea, as well as rash. Some doctors may use them as adjuvants with other drugs such as Boceprevir, Simeprevir, And Taleb Livre (in English: Telaprevir).