Doctors alarmed by rising hepatitis C cases
worried about increasing cases of
hepatitis ‘C’ virus infections among
young adults.
They have also appealed to young
couples intending to get married to test
for the disease which can contacted
through sexual intercourses.
According to the Regional Medical
Officer (RMO) Doctor Nassoro Mzee,
about 70 percent of people going to the
regional Satellite Centre to donate blood
are found with hepatitis infections.
He underscored the need for health
stakeholders and the government to alert
and educate the public over the disease
as most people were only keen and
ready to testing for HIV/Aids before
entering marriages but not hepatitis.
“The situation is worrying…we
encourage the youth to test for the
disease before tying their knots because
the disease is spread also through sexual
intercourse,” he added.
The medic disclosed that, hepatitis ‘C’
was the most dangerous form of
hepatitis virus that attacks liver and
cause fever and jaundice.
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