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As part of the World Day of Hepatitis commemorated on July 28, the Provincial HIV / AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program of the Ministry of Public Health recommended to the general public that carry out tests to detect not the disease on July 27 in the Plaza 9 de Julio de Posadas from 8 to 12 and from 16 to 20.
In addition, the program emphasized the importance of placing the three doses of the hepatitis A and B vaccine that is free and it is in the mandatory vaccination schedule and can be placed in any health center or hospital.
The Department of Biochemistry of the Undersecretary for Addiction and Control of the Ministry of Public Health will collaborate with the activity. What is hepatitis?
Hepatitis is a group of infections that affect the liver and are most commonly caused by hepatitis A, B, and C viruses, but they are the last two have the biggest impact on public health because they cause a chronic infection that can lead to cirrhosis or liver cancer.
Hepatitis A is transmitted through contact with water, food or objects contaminated with feces. Hepatitis B is contracted by contact with genital fluids during sexual intercourse (oral, vaginal and anal) without a condom, by contact with the blood by sharing needles, syringes or needles, or from mother to mother. child during childbirth. Like hepatitis B, hepatitis C is transmitted through contact with the blood. And although it is very rare, hepatitis C can also be transmitted sexually.
Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are both vaccinated to prevent infection. The vaccine against hepatitis A is given one year after birth. The schedule for vaccination against hepatitis B is 3 doses (the second applies to 30 days of the first and third to 6 months of the first). It is universal, has no contraindications and is available in hospitals and health centers across the country.
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