Explore chronic hepatitis B and C: transmission, prevention, and treatment. Learn how awareness can lead to a hepatitis C-free future.
Comprehensive Guideline for Hepatitis C People Awareness
Hepatitis C can cause liver failure and cirrhosis — and, uniquely among chronic viral hepatitis, it can now be cured. This guide by hepatologist Dr. Seyed Moayed Alavian explains transmission, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, with dedicated chapters for haemophilia, thalassaemia, and dialysis patients.
Author
Publisher
Pouyan Kowsar Health Publishing, 1st Edition
Publication date
May 3, 2022
Print length
170 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-622-94614-2-6
Sponsored by
Salamat Pooyan
Audience
Patients, families, and the general public
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The full text is freely available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. For commercial or institutional use, contact the publisher.
About this book
Chronic viral hepatitis B and C are common worldwide, and both can be controlled when the public understands how they are transmitted, how to prevent them, and what treatment involves. Hepatitis C in particular can lead to liver failure and cirrhosis.
Recent advances in hepatitis C treatment have made a hepatitis C-free society a realistic prospect: identifying and treating infected individuals while addressing risk factors reduces new cases. Public awareness is the decisive factor — which is what this book sets out to build.
Increasing public awareness is crucial for controlling hepatitis C. While challenging, a world without hepatitis C is not impossible.
Seyed Moayed Alavian, MD, Professor of Hepatology — from the author's introduction (Middle East Region, 2015)
Contents
Eleven chapters, including guidance written for specific patient groups.
| Chapter | Page |
|---|---|
| 1. Structure and function of the gastrointestinal tract | 9 |
| 2. What is hepatitis? | 19 |
| 3. What is hepatitis C? | 29 |
| 4. Diagnosis of hepatitis C | 51 |
| 5. Prevention | 61 |
| 6. To haemophilia patients | 69 |
| 7. To thalassaemia patients | 85 |
| 8. To dialysis and kidney transplant patients | 89 |
| 9. Liver cancer | 95 |
| 10. Liver transplant | 105 |
| 11. Treatment | 135 |
Note. This book is patient education, not a substitute for individual medical advice; hepatitis C treatment regimens must be selected and monitored by a clinician. Copyright: freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License; for commercial use, contact the publisher.