Monday Hall Of Shame/Hepatitis C Transmission

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Monday Hall Of Shame/Hepatitis C Transmission

Search operation in Kala Dhaka on tip off: Bilour

Updated at: 1845 PST, Monday, May 10, 2010

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa senior minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour on Monday said the Frontier Corps was conducting a search operation in Kala Dhaka over presence of suspected militants there. He was interacting with media persons after meeting the representatives of World Health Organization here. On the information of already arrested militants, the provincial government took the tribal leaders of Kala Dhaka into confidence ahead of the operation, he said.To a question, Bilour said:†We have nothing to do with Faisal Shahzad, who is a US citizen.â€The main reason for spread of Hepatitis C is unhygienic water, he said, adding the WHO has donated seven kits for the test of polluted water.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104528

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As we all know:

HCV is NOT transmitted through contaminated water.

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Water-related DiseasesHepatitisHepatitis, a broad term for inflammation of the liver, has a number of infectious and non-infectious causes. Two of the viruses that cause hepatitis (hepatitis A and E) can be transmitted through water and food; hygiene is therefore important in their control.

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Hepatitis E is from unhygienic environments/Hepatitis E is a disease transmitted between persons via the fecal-oral route. This means that humans can easily be infected by drinking water contaminated with human or animal feces; infections may also occur from eating the raw meat of a contaminated animal. Hepatitis E is not a chronic disease, there is no cure and the only action that can be taken is to relieve the symptoms through methods such as rehydration. If the patient survives the infection, the virus disappears and the liver recovers its regular function.

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Hepatitis A is a common endemic infection in a country such as India where a large majority of population is unimmunized and is exposed to unhygienic food, water, and living conditions.

The hepatitis A infection causes nausea, vomiting and also fever, stomach pain etc. This may lead to jaundice. This HAV (hepatitis A virus) infection may not show any symptoms, it is often asymptomatic in small children.No specific treatment is prescribed for this disease. In rare cases it may lead to death. But generally it takes about 2 months for patients to recover by themselves

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However a Hepatitis A vaccine is available, anyone with HCV should get both Hep A and Hep B vaccines.

http://Hepatitis Cnewdrugs.blogspot.com/2010/05/monday-hall-of-shamehepatitis-c.html