Hepatitis
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis virus, which causes permanent or temporary damage to the liver cells, and often causes the body to be infected with yellow Jaundice Especially in children, and has six types: A, B, C, D, E, G.
Hepatitis C virus
The virus is a microorganism that proliferate within the living cells of the family only. It enters the cell and uses it to produce more viruses. This causes the cell to be destroyed. Sometimes the viruses enter the cell in secret so that they do not start multiplying immediately. Do not destroy immediately, in which case the virus starts its destructive processes after a period of time ranging from weeks to years.
Only 20% of people exposed to the virus can get rid of the virus in the long term. Eighty percent of them are at risk of destroying the liver cells. This risk starts in the form of infection, cancer, Liver cirrhosis or hepatic failure.
How to transmit hepatitis C virus
Type I
Type A affects 1.4 million people worldwide every year, and despite its rapid transmission, it rarely causes death. It is found in people’s feces. Infection is spread to others by eating contaminated food and drink. It is also transmitted through uneaten food such as : Foods eaten raw such as deserts, vegetables and fruits eaten without peeling, or after washing food with contaminated water, and slightly saliva, semen, vaginal discharge and urine cause the transmission of the virus.
Type II
Type B is the most contagious HIV infection, transmitted through sexual contact or blood contaminated with HIV, and is transmitted to 5% of infants by their mothers who carry the virus.
Type III
The third type C causes hepatic failure and liver cancer, and is transmitted by exposure to contaminated blood, as a result of the use of contaminated injections, especially when blood transfusion, Chinese acupuncture, tattooing, razor blades, dental instruments, dialysis, endoscopy, Or breast milk or sexual intercourse.
Type IV
Type IV is known as a delta virus, and can reproduce only with another virus, virus B, transmitted through blood or sexual contact, and is often infected by drug addicts.
Types V and VI
The fifth type E is transmitted by food and water contaminated with the virus. Type G is transmitted through blood and sexual contact.