Existence of some viral agents that can prevalent and treat their needs in order to provide a better quality of life to those who are contagious
Eduardo Najar, Katherine Trujillo
Agencia Latina de Noticias Medicina y Salud Pública
In times of pandemic for the new coronavirus, no other types of pathogens can be killed or pathogens that can affect the quality of life of individuals.
Hepatitis C is a disease that is characterized by the presence of a fever that is produced by a bacterium. This enferredad has a predominance in Puerto Rico of 2.3% of the general population, the highest figure in the territory of Puerto Rico (even a figure of the Department of Health of Puerto Rico), although it has a variety of treatments with its detection and increase síntomas.
In an interview with Medicina y Salud Pública (MSP), the doctor Federico Rodríguez, gastroenterologist and doctor Bárbara Losado, gastroenterologist, indicates that she was presented with a minimum of rheumatology and that no matter what, the various advances with respect to treatment in Puerto Rican territory.
“It’s a disease that has evolved dramatically in the last 2 to 3 decades, we have high antiviral drugs that can cure the virus in more than 95% of cases in various patient populations”, assured gastroenterologist Bár .
There is a number of contact forms for the most common and for hematologic purposes, in the case of an unspecified detection the case can aggravate the diagnosis including creating a hepatic cirrhosis.
The Federico doctor for his part explains “hepatitis C is a viral infection that mainly affects the liver, it is acquired by contact with the blood or secretions that are infected with this virus. One sees that this virus enters the body aloja in the hygiene and is causing an inflammation that in some cases can develop a permanent day known as cirrhosis ”.
Necessary treatment
The specialist indicates that treatment for hepatitis C should be a priority, notwithstanding, tenure alumni point of view and factors that can intervene in patient recovery, a prior evaluation is necessary to initiate therapies.
Any patient who has been infected with the hepatitis C virus will be treated, the only contraindication being that the patient has a life expectancy or other conditions such as terminal cancer, metastasis, if any infected patient has the option to treatment ”explains the doctor.
Molecular Treatment
Thanks to the various medical advances it is possible that hepatitis C can be treated with an oral medicine, in this way the pharmacy can intervene in the replication of the virus generated a hepatic “limpieza”. This treatment presents mayor efficacy and security with respect to the intravenous ones that develop major repercussions on the large plaza.
“Its molecules, its antivirals, are usually what it is that combine different pharma in a single tablet and that it inhibits the replication of the virus and so much so that it eliminates the virus from the cell. The treatment in the Mayor of the cases can consist of 1 to 3 diurnal lozenges at an interval of time that can be from 8 weeks to 10 weeks, it is very positive that in the past the treatment was injectable and is a treatment of a year that has ten different effects ”indicates the doctor Rosado.
A disease with a symptomatic pathology
Hepatitis C is a disease that does not present a large variety of specific symptoms that are related to some risk factors that can cause the disease, a detection at a time that can provide a better prognosis for the patient.
“It’s an illness that tends to be progressive and silent, which makes it difficult for many patients to feel unwell and that it tends to be sick because of the symptoms, because it’s an illness that needs to be addressed in those factors. de riesgo ”concluded the doctor Federico.