How is hepatitis C transmitted

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A colleague was recently diagnosed with hepatitis C in the hospital, and the doctor also said that it was not congenital, but was infected the day after tomorrow. The colleague also felt very strange about this. Next, let me talk about how hepatitis C was transmitted.

How is hepatitis C transmitted

First, all the patients who received blood transfusion and blood products, injection (especially intravenous injection), drug addicts, hemodialysis and kidney transplantation patients, family contacts of hepatitis C, especially spouses, people with improper sexual behavior or homosexuality, and infants born to pregnant women with hepatitis C are the susceptible groups of hepatitis C. In addition, the incidence rate of hepatitis C among medical staff, laboratory staff, and blood or blood products is also high.

Second: hepatitis C is caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). The mechanism of its occurrence is still unclear. However, experimental studies have shown that most monocytes infiltrate into the liver lesion site of hepatitis C, causing inflammation and necrosis, which is similar to the liver lesion caused by HBV. At the same time, after HCV infection, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer also occur as easily as HBV infection.

Thirdly, the liver lesion caused by HCV infection is similar to that caused by HBV infection, which is mainly caused by the immune response of human body induced by virus. Transmission through blood transfusion and the use of blood products has also been confirmed. In addition, acupuncture, abuse of injection drugs, tattoo, fecal oral route, mother to child vertical transmission, and horizontal transmission of saliva, droplets, kissing and sexual contact are also possible causes of hepatitis C.

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Hepatitis C is a highly infectious disease. We must know that hepatitis C is contagious. There are no more than three ways of transmission, most of which are through sexual transmission, mother to child transmission, blood transmission, and even kissing. It is recommended that patients be actively treated.