Many unaware of hepatitis infection –

23 July 2020- Jaipur

Many with Hepatitis are unaware they have got the virus. Claiming that Hepatitis B and C are life-threatening liver diseases, city doctors said on World Hepatitis Day that they examined 100 people, but found 80 of them not vaccinated against hepatitis and five were infected with the virus and they were unaware of it.

Also from samples collected at all the 85 recognized blood banks in the state, it was found that from April 2020 to March 20–, there were 6,965 people who were tested positive for Hepatitis B and they were unaware of it as they tried to donate blood. They could not do so as it would have transmitted the disease to the needy patient.

Similarly, for Hepatitis C, the figures were not so high, but 1,073 people were found infected with the Hepatitis C virus and they were not aware of it. They were tested positive when they donated blood. The blood banks rejected their blood and destroyed the samples.

Experts claim that 5% of people in the state are infected with Hepatitis B and C. The situation is not too alarming, but they claim that there is a need to create awareness of the disease among the people.