Screening of the liver

The liver plays a very important role as the body's "machine" in metabolism and detoxification. The liver is one of the body's key organs that, when damaged, will leave serious complications, affecting the health and threatening the patient's life. Therefore, liver screening is essential and should be done as soon as possible in order to limit harmful progresses to health.

Reasons to screen for liver B, C tablets

Hepatitis B and C are common and very difficult to treat

Hepatitis virus is damage to the liver caused by many viruses, but the most dangerous are hepatitis B and hepatitis C. According to the latest statistics, Vietnam has about 8 million people with cirrhosis and about 20 million people. have hepatitis B, C.

Hepatitis B, C are 2 diseases transmitted through blood, sex and from mother to child. Hence, the possibility of spread is high. Up to 85% of people with hepatitis go chronic. Treatment of hepatitis is expensive and takes very long treatment. Therefore, screening for hepatitis is essential and beneficial for patients and families.

The dangers of hepatitis B, C

Hepatitis is a dangerous disease for the following reasons:

Firstly, hepatitis B and C are two dangerous infectious diseases that can threaten human life. However, to date there is no effective preventive vaccine.

Second, hepatitis B and C have long been likened to a "silent killer" that silently destroys liver cells without causing underlying symptoms, until often quite late when discovered.

Third, if not screened for hepatitis, the consequences of cirrhosis and dangerous complications are very high such as gastrointestinal bleeding, liver failure, primary liver cancer, ... when cirrhosis is already occurring. very low ability to restore the liver.

Get tested for hepatitis B

Doctors screen for hepatitis B with tests such as:

• HbsAg index: If positive (+), the patient has hepatitis B and vice versa, if negative (-), the patient does not have hepatitis B.
• HbeAg index: If a positive result means that the hepatitis B virus in the body is active and attacks the liver, if the index remains positive after 3 months, hepatitis B has changed from the acute phase to chronic.
• Anti Bhc Index: A positive index means you have ever been exposed to the hepatitis B virus.
• Anti Bhs Index: If you are positive, it means that you already have hepatitis B antibodies and you can be completely immune to the virus.

Hepatitis C screening and screening tests

Disease detection test: Hepatitis C antibody test (Anti-HCV), quantitative hepatitis C RLISA

The hepatitis C virus count test is: Quantitative HCV-RNA PCR

Genotype assay: HCV-Genotype

Since the risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer is much higher in hepatitis C patients than in normal people, depending on the patient's health and severity, the doctor may prescribe an additional procedure. number of other specialized tests to accurately assess the condition of the disease.

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