1 out of every 12 Mexicans with hepatitis

During the last few years, the incidence of hepatitis B Y C in Mexico. The main risk factors are the lack of sex education and the absence of vaccination of the hepatitis B in newborns and children under 11 years old.

 

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the doctor Enrique Wolpert, president of the Scientific Committee of the Mexican Foundation for Liver Health (FUNDHEPA), noted that universal access to patients with hepatitis It is viable, as long as it is coordinated:

 

"The intention is that we understand that the hepatitis It is a public health problem and there is a co-responsibility of all sectors, so we must assume the commitment to do something. "

 

The head of FUNDHEPA, said that the risk factors among the population that is infected by the virus of the hepatitis C , are:

 

1. 34% blood transfusions before 1995.
2. 26% high-risk sexual practices.
3. 22% tattoos and / or body piercings.
4. 12% relatives with cirrhosis.
5. 3% Intravenous drug use.
6. 3% health personnel who have contact with blood.

 


Entities with more hepatitis


 


Figures of the National Institute of Public Health (INSP), indicates that the prevalence in Mexico of the hepatitis C It is 1.5% of the population and occurs mainly in:

 

1. Baja California: 3.54%
2. Nayarit: 3.38%
3. Morelos: 2.92%
4. Yucatan: 2.92%
5. Jalisco: 2.77%
6. Durango: 2.46%
7. Oaxaca: 2.46%
8. Quintana Roo: 2.46%
9. Chihuahua: 2.31%
10. Sinaloa: 2.15%
11. Tamaulipas: 2.15%

  

Wolpert Barraza, reiterated that in Mexico the access of patients with hepatitis is very restricted, so he called on all organizations and health agencies to save more lives and promote prevention of the call "Silent disease" .


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