Healthy, clean measures prevent the infection of hepatitis

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Acapulco, Gro. July 28, 2018. – On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, a condition that continues to cause ignorance, the Delegation of the Mexican Institute of Social Security ( IMSS) Guerrero called on the legitimate population to raise awareness about this viral disease, which directly affects the liver.

In commemoration of World Hepatitis Day, July 28, the supervising physician of the epidemiology of suppression, Lino Nuñez Márquez, explained that the disease has the following clbadification in the agents A, B, C, D and E, being the most common A.

He explained that it is because the virus is in large amounts in the feces of people with acute infection . Its transmission is almost always oral, favored by poor sanitary, socio-economic conditions, overpopulation and contamination of water, milk and seafood.

Faced with this, he indicated that Healthy measures are fundamental to avoid contagion. He pointed out that the viral elimination and the period of infection last from one to three weeks.

The specialist reported that hepatitis A can affect people of any age, so he insisted on his recommendations on what hygiene care should be to prevent the onset of this disease contagious viral

he stated that hepatitis B could be transmitted percutaneously – through the skin – and badually. In this case, it progresses to chronic hepatitis in up to 10 percent of cases. The majority of people who suffer are young adults.

With regard to hepatitis C, he explains that its transmission is mainly percutaneous and, in some cases, perinatal and badual, particularly in HIV-infected patients. Progresses to chronic hepatitis in up to 50 percent of cases.

Hepatitis D has a worldwide distribution, but is less common than previous cases. The transmission mechanism is equal to that of hepatitis B with which it is badociated. Hepatitis E is up to now the least common and its transmission is oral. It is more common among young adults.

The symptoms of hepatitis, in one of its categories are: loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and disturbances of taste and smell, fever of 39 degrees, joint, muscle and head pain, photophobia (non-tolerance to light), nasal congestion, pharyngitis and coughing that precede jaundice (yellow skin) from one to two weeks and s & # 39; usually improve or decrease when it occurs.

Nuñez Márquez commented on all types, the clinical picture that they produce is similar, but the evolution, complications and antigenic properties of each agent are different.

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