PPT-Hepatitis C: Update on Testing and Treatment

102312 Karla Thornton MD MPH Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine UNM Health Sciences Center kthorntonsaludunmedu Learning Objectives Recognize the magnitude of the HCV epidemic and the consequences of not addressing the problem. Dr. Joanna Eveland, MS, MD. Clinical Chief for Special Populations, MNHC. O. bjectives. Understand recommendations for age cohort and risk based screening for Hepatitis C. Review strategies for health promotion and optimizing treatment readiness for HCV infected homeless individuals. History . In 1963, Dr Baruch . Blumberg. accidentally discovered an antigen that detected the presence of hepatitis B in blood samples.. Dr . Blumberg. and his team identified a strange antigen from a blood sample of an Austrian Aborigine.. . -Stacey . Trooskin. MD, PhD, Drexel University & . HepCAP. . -Karen Arendt, RN, St. Joseph's Center for Liver & Hepatobiliary Disease. -Courtney Jones, Patient Advocate Foundation. www.nvhr.org/program. : inflammation of liver; presence of inflammatory cells in organ tissue. . Pathogenesis: Immune response.. Acute Viral Hepatitis. : symptoms last less than 6 months. Chronic Hepatitis. : Inflammation of liver for at least 6 months. Rachel Stallings, MPH. March 4, 2020. Hepatitis . Hepatitis = inflammation of the liver. Can be self-limiting or progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis, or liver cancer. . Causes:. Most commonly caused by a virus, there are 5: A, B, C, D & E. Methods: . We analyzed the data of patients who participated in this vaccination program from 2013 to 2019. Three-dose vaccination of lyophilized inactivated aluminum-free hepatitis A vaccine (. Aimmugen. 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 1 Theme Bringinghepatitiscare closer to you SOCO Politicalcommitment for sustained andsimplified hepatitis testing, prevention and treatment services in tegrated into p rimary health care servi ��HEPATITIS A��Page of s there a vaccine for hepatitis A?Yes, hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for all children at 12 months of age. Anyone 12 months of age and older who 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 Hepatitis C Essential informationfor professionals The purpose of this document is to inform health professionalsabout hepatitis C and assist them in offering hepatitis C Page Introduction3Epidemiolo Presented by Idaho Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS,. Bebe Thompson, Co-Chair. 1. Idaho Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS. Community based group that advises the state . Planning, development and review of HIV care, prevention and viral hepatitis state program plans (continuum of care). 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 . Jocelyn James, MD. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine. University of Washington. . Adapted from slides developed in collaboration with Judith . Tsui. and the Washington State Department of Health.