[문화뉴스 우주은 기자] In the EBS broadcast on the 24th, regarding 70% of causes of liver cancer and types of viral hepatitis, as well as causes and treatments, are investigated.
Are we properly aware of the hepatitis virus that is exposed through various routes in daily life?
‘If you get vaccinated once, you won’t get hepatitis for the rest of your life?’ Dispel the misconceptions surrounding back hepatitis.
As the causes of hepatitis A, B, and C are all different, the prevention and treatment methods are also different depending on the type of hepatitis.
In the episode titled EBS’ ‘Quietly, Slowly, Scarily, Hepatitis’, we explore the causes, symptoms, and various treatments of hepatitis, dreaming of the day when we will completely conquer hepatitis with Professor Yoo Soo-jong, a gastroenterologist.
Hepatitis that comes quietly, gradually, but terrifyingly
Among hepatitis A, B, and C, hepatitis B is the most common hepatitis in Korea. About 3% of the population is infected, and it is estimated that regarding 400,000 people suffer from chronic hepatitis B. Like the liver, which is called the silent organ, the reason why hepatitis is scary is that it often comes quietly without any specific symptoms.
A woman in her 60s found out that she had hepatitis B following being called from her children’s school 25 years ago. It turned out that she had been infected vertically through her mother, and she lived and gave birth without knowing it, and her children also became carriers. As such, hepatitis B is mainly transmitted through maternal vertical transmission. If so, what other infectious factors are there? Is it possible to get sick by passing a glass or sharing utensils? Can mothers pass it on to their children if they breastfeed? Find out exactly regarding the symptoms and causes of hepatitis by type, and the misconceptions surrounding hepatitis.
The younger you are, the more careful you are, hepatitis A
A man in his 40s who overcame the danger of dying 10 years ago and miraculously revived. The man suffered from acute hepatitis A, suffered from acute liver failure, and underwent an emergency brain-dead liver transplant in just 10 days. He said that symptoms such as chills, vomiting, and dizziness suddenly appeared following visiting the freshwater fishing site. What is the cause of hepatitis A?
Meanwhile, in the past, it is said that hepatitis A was often infected with the virus while playing in the dirt in childhood, and antibodies were naturally formed. However, as Korea’s economic level and living environment improve, the number of adults without hepatitis A antibodies has recently increased. Hepatitis A, which is more fatal if infected in adulthood without antibodies, what is the prevention and treatment?
Hepatitis, the way to cure is opened
A woman in her 60s who contracted hepatitis C from receiving a blood transfusion during childbirth 30 years ago, but has now been cured and is living a healthy life. How might she have been cured? She said that at that time she took interferon, which was a treatment, but suffered from severe side effects, including a drop in her platelet and white blood cell counts. However, currently, a treatment for hepatitis C has been developed, and it is possible to cure 99% of cases in just 8 weeks. However, once treated, can it not be re-infected?
On the other hand, there is no cure for hepatitis A and B yet. Instead, it is said that it can be prevented by vaccination. If I get vaccinated, will I get hepatitis for the rest of my life? How can you tell if you have antibodies?
In EBS’s ‘Quietly, Slowly, Scarily, Hepatitis’ episode, we learn regarding the symptoms, causes, prevention and treatment of hepatitis with Professor Yoo Soo-jong, a gastroenterologist.
Meanwhile, the name of EBS will be broadcast at 9:50 pm on the 24th.
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