Hepatitis A Forerunner Of Cancer!

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -every kind of illness should never be considered trivial. Such as hepatitis, when indicating a condition of the heart that is experiencing inflammation. Most societies are still lacking care and disease with Justin on this one, because it considers the impact brought about indirectly and it took quite a long time.

"This must be notified that the hepatitis was the forerunner for becoming a cancer may be afraid of a little person," said Prof. Dr. h. Ali Sulaiman, PhD, SpPD-KGEH, the Division of Hepatology, Department of internal medicine, Faculty of medicine University of Indonesia, Thursday (24/6/2011).

According to Ali, according to the Study of chronic hepatitis C prevalence in health care professionals in 2008, approximately 3.4 million population are infected with hepatitis c. Indonesia And about 2 million are infected with the virus genotype 1 (hard diterapi).

"Hepatitis C is genotipnya, so type 1 and 2. Type 1 (one) is the largest and are difficult to treat, "he said.

As for the treatment of genotype 1, Ali spoke, could do with menyuntikan pegasys. However the prices for these drugs is still considered very expensive. Just imagine, once injection Pegasys, ranging between 1-2 million rupiah.

"But to genotip 1 (one) it should be injected 48 times," he said.

Given the still high cost of such treatment, Ali hope with the help of the Government, these drugs could be made generic.

"Perhaps it is our hope in the effort if we want to carry out efforts in the fight against hepatitis B and C," he said.

For control of hepatitis can not if just prioritizing one only, is it hepatitis B or C, as both Ali according to equally important and can be fatal if not treated appropriately.

"Because both are equally so of cancer," he said.

Hepatitis can be caused by various things, such as viral infections, parasites, bacteria, chemical substances, auto immune system, illegal drugs as well as alcohol. Hepatitis B and C can develop into liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, can even cause he needed a liver transplant. The good news is hepatitis B can be prevented through vaccination, and most infections hepatitis C can be cured.

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