PPT-Description of Antivirals for Hepatitis C

LCDR Dwayne David PharmD BCPS NCPS Cherokee Nation Infectious Diseases DwayneDavidcherokeeorg Objectives Compare the different classes of directacting antiviral agents List monitoring parameters for hepatitis C HCV medications. Outbreaks of jaundice probably hepatitis A were reported in the 17th and 18th centuries particularly in association with military campaigns Hepatitis A formerly called infectious hepatitis was first differentiated epidemiologically from hepatitis B Fortunately there is a vaccine to prevent babies from getting Hepatitis B How is Hepatitis B spread Hepatitis B is spread when blood semen or other body 57348uids from a person with the Hepatitis B virus enter the body of someone who is not infected How can I pay for the shots I RX KDYH LQVXUDQFH WKH FRVW RI KHSDWLWLV YDF FLQDWLRQ PLJKW EH FRYHUHG I QRW WKHVH VKRWV DUH RU IURP KHDOWK GHSDUWPHQWV DOO RXU ORFDO KHDOWK Will hepatitis B vaccination protect me from hepatitis A or hepatitis C 1R HSDW ST 57513 2014 Hepatitis C Support Project Written by Alan Franciscus EditorinChief What is Cirrhosis HCSP FACT SHEET A publication of the Hepatitis C Support Project The information in this fact sheet is designed Foundation for Faith Based Organizations. www.NYCHepBC.org. . Goals. To understand the liver and it’s role in the body. To understand liver health & disease. To understand Hepatitis C:. How it is Transmitted. HEPATITIS. Hepatitis. -Is inflammation of the liver. . (. itis. means inflammation and . Hepar. - Liver). Characterised. by irritation or swelling of liver cells(. hepatocytes. ). There are many forms of . Geoghegan. . Information . Treatment for hepatitis C has changed dramatically over the years. The National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme was launched so people living with hep c could access appropriate treatment.. Condition. National Notification Criteria*. Print Criteria†. Hepatitis. . A. Confirmed. Confirmed. Acute . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. Confirmed. Chronic . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. . and. . probable. Scenario. Confirmed. . hepatitis. . A*. . AND…. Classification. Rationale. Hepatitis. . C. . virus. . (HCV). . test. . conversion. *. . documented. Confirmed. . acute. . hepatitis. . C. HCV TESTING – SCREENINGTesting should be initiated with an assay for serum antibody to HCV (anti-HCV). For those with reactive test results, the anti-HCV test should be followed by a con٠ Revised 12/2012 What are the symptoms of HCV infection? Approximately 20 percent of those exposed to HCV develop symptoms such as jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), fatigue, dark Viruses consist of a genome and sometimes a few enzymes stored in a capsule made of protein (called a . capsid. ), and sometimes covered with a lipid layer (sometimes called an 'envelope'). They are . General term for Inflammatory condition of the . liver. Most commonly the result of a viral . infection. . 5 unrelated . hepatotropic.  viruses . (hepatitis.  A, B, C, D, and . E). All of the hepatitis viruses cause acute . Background and Aim:. There are no recognized risk factors for progression to chronic hepatitis in adults with acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. . We aimed to . identify risk factors of progression to chronic hepatitis in adults with acute hepatitis B.