Surgery Notes

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease that spreads through a virus that affects the state of the liver. In Spain there are over 800,000 people infected with this virus, a disease that can eventually lead to liver cancer. There has been a surge in infections due mostly to immigrants arriving in Spain who have carried the virus from their country. Dr. Antonio Gonzalez, hepatologist at the Hospital Vall d’Hebron and Hospital de Barcelona Chiron, said the causes that lead to spread of hepatitis B virus and what to do to keep their activities under contr
Diagnosis of Hepatitis B
How to detect hepatitis B infection is simple: with a simple analysis reflected the elevation of transaminase levels, indicating that something is not working properly. This is a disease that is asymptomatic so it is difficult to guide a person or assume that he is suffering.
Forms of contagion
There are two basic ways of transmitting the virus. The first one, which still occurs in countries where health standards is of poor quality, is from mother to child. The baby is infected at the time of delivery, not while in the womb. This form of transmission is very common in Eastern countries and Africa, and Spain also was a few years ago. Today it protects the child with a vaccine that prevents infection. The second form, and most common is through sex.
Unknowingly infected
An estimated 2% of the Spanish population may be infected with hepatitis B virus, and it is true that many of them do not even know. Luckily national immunization campaigns have helped reduce the number of infections, which also has that new generations are not infected. But those who are above 25 years did not go into that universal prevention plan, which itself could be infected without knowing it. Also, do not forget that migration has produced that newcomers to Spain have contributed to an increase in cases of infection with hepatitis B because they were already carrying the virus from their country of origin.
Treatments
Once detected the disease treatment should be instituted to control the elevation of transaminases. There is also another type of treatment to cure the disease, but the results are quite low. So the best thing is to try to control the activity of the virus that develops chronic hepatitis to cirrhosis, which is the first step towards a liver tumor. These treatments inhibitors of viral activity are delivered orally.
Prohibited Alcohol Drinking
A person with hepatitis B should not and test the alcohol because it contributes to added injury to the liver. Alcohol, in a healthy person, and low doses has no harmful effect. But when the numbers begin to climb the liver begins to suffer minor injuries that will alter the more you drink. So if you already have a liver affected by hepatitis B, if you add alcohol, it will state