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Guadalajara, Jalisco.- The cases of hepatitis related to injection drug use, tattoos and perforations have increased in recent years years in Latin America, and especially in Mexico, said Graciela Castro, president of the Mexican Association of Hepatology.
The increasing interest of people of all ages for permanent tattoos without health precautions and better access to drugs such as heroin, especially in the border cities of Mexico, the number of cases of the disease exploded, he said.
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Yes, there was an increase among those who were registered between 10 and 15% (in Mexico) for this type of practice and where there was also an increase among drug users injectable "in Guadalajara
The specialist, participating in the World Hepatitis Day Symposium, which is celebrated on July 28, indicated that infections related to these practices are more important than those that occur in because of blood transfusions, the procedure of which is closely monitored by health facilities.
He believes it is necessary to redouble campaigns to make people aware of the risk factors for contracting hepatitis and to increase vigilance with regard to the places where tattoos are made.
They choose safe, well-established and regulated places also learn that if they make a tattoo or piercing, they do it with a disposable needle and they recommend that they carry their own needle and ink to reduce the risk.
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Types of viral hepatitis type B, C and D can be transmitted by blood transfusion without medical supervision adequate, by injection or intranasal, piercings, tattoos, accidental needling with contaminated needles, by contact with blood. , saliva or sexual fluids or during delivery and breastfeeding.
Castro pointed out that hepatitis is a nciosa silent illness although sometimes the person manifests a continuous tiredness.
If detected early, with rapid testing by health facilities, it can prevent progression to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer. ] Photo: Pixabay
He said that current direct-acting antiviral treatments are able to cure up to 96% of cases, especially hepatitis C, with "virtually nil" side effects.
The World Health Organization (WHO) considers hepatitis as a public health problem because every year costs the lives of 1.3 million patients, more than the number of deaths due to HIV and equal to the victims of tuberculosis.
Worldwide, 270 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus and 80 million by hepatitis C, although the most well-known of the population are acute hepatitis with symptoms of weakness, loss of vigor, fever and a yellow color on the skin and eyes.
