Hepatitis on the up

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Hepatitis on the up

10:00am Sunday 13th December 2009

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THE potentially fatal liver disease hepatitis C is rising steadily in the East

of England region, figures released today show.

Newly diagnosed infections in the region which includes st Albans rose by ten

per cent to 680 in 2008, raising worries for the future.

Dr Torbjorn Sundkvist of the Health Protection Agency said: “ Our predictions

indicate that the future burden of this disease on the health service will be

substantial if awareness, diagnosis and treatment do not increase. "

Hepatitis C, a viral infection causing swelling or inflammation of the liver is

transmitted through blood, mainly by injecting drug use.

It often shows no symptoms in the early years but when end-stage liver disease

is reached a transplant becomes the only option.

[Guest guest]

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4790844.Hepatitis_on_the_up/

Hepatitis on the up

10:00am Sunday 13th December 2009

By »

THE potentially fatal liver disease hepatitis C is rising steadily in the East

of England region, figures released today show.

Newly diagnosed infections in the region which includes st Albans rose by ten

per cent to 680 in 2008, raising worries for the future.

Dr Torbjorn Sundkvist of the Health Protection Agency said: “ Our predictions

indicate that the future burden of this disease on the health service will be

substantial if awareness, diagnosis and treatment do not increase. "

Hepatitis C, a viral infection causing swelling or inflammation of the liver is

transmitted through blood, mainly by injecting drug use.

It often shows no symptoms in the early years but when end-stage liver disease

is reached a transplant becomes the only option.

[Guest guest]

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4790844.Hepatitis_on_the_up/

Hepatitis on the up

10:00am Sunday 13th December 2009

By »

THE potentially fatal liver disease hepatitis C is rising steadily in the East

of England region, figures released today show.

Newly diagnosed infections in the region which includes st Albans rose by ten

per cent to 680 in 2008, raising worries for the future.

Dr Torbjorn Sundkvist of the Health Protection Agency said: “ Our predictions

indicate that the future burden of this disease on the health service will be

substantial if awareness, diagnosis and treatment do not increase. "

Hepatitis C, a viral infection causing swelling or inflammation of the liver is

transmitted through blood, mainly by injecting drug use.

It often shows no symptoms in the early years but when end-stage liver disease

is reached a transplant becomes the only option.

[Guest guest]

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4790844.Hepatitis_on_the_up/

Hepatitis on the up

10:00am Sunday 13th December 2009

By »

THE potentially fatal liver disease hepatitis C is rising steadily in the East

of England region, figures released today show.

Newly diagnosed infections in the region which includes st Albans rose by ten

per cent to 680 in 2008, raising worries for the future.

Dr Torbjorn Sundkvist of the Health Protection Agency said: “ Our predictions

indicate that the future burden of this disease on the health service will be

substantial if awareness, diagnosis and treatment do not increase. "

Hepatitis C, a viral infection causing swelling or inflammation of the liver is

transmitted through blood, mainly by injecting drug use.

It often shows no symptoms in the early years but when end-stage liver disease

is reached a transplant becomes the only option.