Hepatitis C epidemic in China, Used Needles For Clinical Use

News Health Articles - Hepatitis C epidemic in China, Used Needles For Clinical Use. Used needles in a private clinic has led to outbreaks of hepatitis C occurs in children in China. At least 13 people have been infected with hepatitis C virus and including children.

State media reported that the use of re-used needles in a private clinic in Maqiao city, Henan province, China, has spread the hepatitis C virus in at least 13 people, which most are children.

The Global Times newspaper said that health officials in Anhui province, a neighbor of Henan, reported as many as 56 people may have been infected with hepatitis C due to needle used in the clinic.



"Initial investigations found that doctors in Miaoqian Clinic in Henan reuse needles used to give injections to patients," said Gao Pei, deputy director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Anhui, the People's Daily as reported by Time, Wednesday (30 / 11/2011).

Now researchers are investigating 16 local villages to determine how many people have been infected. Patients who are infected must be treated in Guoyang People's Hospital.

In the 1990s, the province of Henan has also been rocked by a scheme of purchase of unhealthy blood plasma and blood transfusions contaminated with HIV. Officers often use dirty needles and people who sold blood plasma only accepts charging of the blood supply is collected.

Hepatitis C has the highest severity than hepatitis A and B. Hepatitis C virus is transmitted through the main street of blood infection from blood transfusions or blood products that have not been screened (examination), exchange of syringes by injecting drug users (injecting drug users / IDUs) as well as needles or tattoo equipment and piercing are not sterile.

Hepatitis C virus infection is also called the covert infection (silent infection) due to early infection is often asymptomatic or there is no typical symptoms that are often overlooked. Most people do not know they are infected with hepatitis C to liver damage appears or through routine medical tests.

If there are any symptoms, hepatitis C is usually only show flu-like symptoms, namely:

Fatigue
Fever
Nausea or poor appetite
Muscle and joint pain
Pain in liver area.


Cirrhosis occurs in 10-20 percent of patients with chronic hepatitis C and liver cancer occur in 1-5 percent of patients with chronic hepatitis C within 20-30 years. And about 90 percent of people newly infected with the disease will continue to develop into chronic infection.
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