Hepatitis D and ways to treat it
Hepatitis D, or as it is also called hepatitisdelta, is an extremely dangerous and serious disease. In many countries of the world, the number of fatal cases after infection reaches 25%. By itself, the disease does not imply an independent infection, that is, you can not get sick with it "for no reason". However, this virus disease can appear against the background of the hepatitis B. The treatment of this disease is very difficult and is accompanied by the use of a large number of drugs and strict compliance with the regime. The whole process of treatment of hepatitis D should be conducted in a hospital. Thus it is necessary to conduct both local and complex therapy. The infection itself can appear quite suddenly and seriously complicate the course of hepatitis B. Its incubation period is about 1 to 1.5 months (this is less than for hepatitis B).
Like many other forms, hepatitis D is verywidely distributed throughout Europe and the United States, as well as in particularly epidemiologically disadvantaged countries, which include almost all countries in South America and Africa. This virus is found in almost half of those infected with hepatitis B, and the result of treatment depends greatly on the stage at which it was found. The only causative agent of the virus can be only a person, although it is possible to instill it in laboratory labs with monkeys already exposed to hepatitis B. Hepatitis D almost inevitably leads to cirrhosis of the liver, so it's worth seriously approaching the issue of strict food restriction.
There are several pronounced symptomsDisease Hepatitis D. It starts more often with a banal loss of appetite. After a while, the patient manifests chronic nausea and vomiting, a constant sense of fatigue. And finally, yellowing of skin color, eyes, as well as dark urine. When all these symptoms occur, a person should immediately call a doctor. Distinguish between co-infection and superinfection of hepatitis D. It should be noted that with co-infection the patient's chances are significantly higher than if he has a superinfection. Most often, these types of diseases are diagnosed by a routine blood test.
At the moment, there is noreally effective treatment of this disease. The fact is that until the drug is developed from this form of hepatitis. In most cases, hepatitis D, whose treatment is extremely difficult, is treated with the same drugs as hepatitis B. But this leads to problems. Not all medicines can have a positive effect on the patient. Some of them are simply ineffective against the bodies of the virus, and their use is completely impractical. Studies using peginterferons, which are used to treat hepatitis B, show only a slight decrease in hepatitis delta viral activity, and not complete suppression of it. Therefore, all that doctors have for today is Interferon. Although work is underway to create new drugs that will be much more effective.
All that remains to add is that it is better not toto be ill with hepatitis D, than to be treated for it. There is no vaccine against this disease, but there is a comprehensive vaccination against hepatitis B. In order not to catch delta-hepatitis, you should go through all the stages of vaccination and at the same time minimize the risk of infection with hepatitis B. If you are cured of this terrible disease, then all equally calm and even life you will only dream. It will take years for the body to recover from the effects of hepatitis D, and even more time to recover. If you are not lucky, and there was a superinfection of hepatitis D, then, as it is not regrettable, but you will hardly be able to avoid liver cirrhosis. Therefore, take all precautions to avoid a heap of problems. Your health depends on you. Be healthy!
