Guam Doc Urges Physicians To Test Middle-Aged Patients For Hepatitis C

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Guam Doc Urges Physicians To Test Middle-Aged Patients For Hepatitis CPacific News Center Staff Reporter 19.DEC.07

1:20 p.m. Guam - A doctor based in Guam urged his fellow physicians and other medical personnel to encourage their patients aged 40 to 45 to test for hepatitis C, especially if their patients have a history of drug use when they were younger. Dr. iel Berg said hepatitis C is a big problem on Guam given the history of extensive heroin use among residents back in the 1970s and the 1980s.During those years, Berg noted that many Guam residents were hooked on heroin and addicts used to share needles, a practice that guaranteed the transmission of hepatitis C to unsuspecting users.The doctor also tackled the need to reject suggestions to isolate those infected with hepatitis C or other diseases like HIV/AIDS from the rest of the community.Here is Dr. Berg on "The Island Doctors Show" aired on News Talk K57.

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