Yellow July will have actions to prevent viral hepatitis in Marília | News from Marília

Banners have been affixed in major trade corridors and access to the most populated areas of the city. The words draw attention to the fact that the disease is silent and dangerous. So no one can be in doubt: you must pbad the test.

Nurse Alessandra Pereira dos Santos, head of the Prevention Program for STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections) and AIDS, explains that diagnosis and treatment are fundamental.

"When the diagnosis is made, the person is given the opportunity to start treatment, to know if the disease is also important for control because transmission occurs mainly in unprotected bad," he says.

The rapid test is secure, confidential, and provided to the UBS (Basic Health Units) and USF (Family Health Units) In total, there are at least 49 sites in the municipality, in addition to the SAE / CTA (Service of Specialized Attention / Testing and Counseling Center), References in Sexually Transmitted Infections

"The Yellow July intensifies the work that is done all year long. Campaigns like this one are very important because we are experiencing a silent epidemic of hepatitis C. One in 12 people in the world is infected and does not know. Therefore, this mobilization makes so much difference, "said nurse Alessandra Pereira.

In 2017, the campaign of the Municipal Department of Health Marília presented a review of the month of the intensification of viral hepatitis with about 500 rapid tests; three other positive cases have been confirmed in the city. During the period, new cases of AIDS and syphilis were also reported.

Viral hepatitis is caused by viruses A, B and C. There are also viruses D and E, the latter being more common in Africa and Asia. In Brazil, the Ministry of Health estimates that millions of people can have B or C viruses in the body without any symptoms.

Hepatitis causes inflammation of the liver by viral action, due to the use of certain drugs, alcohol and other drugs. Autoimmune, metabolic and genetic diseases can also be the cause of the disease. Transmission varies with the virus and can occur through badual contact, vertical exposure (mother / child), contact with contaminated objects, faecal / oral and general biological accidents.

Rapid tests for hepatitis have a screening function. In case of positive result, it is necessary to perform a laboratory examination, guaranteed by SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde).