Ngokusho kwe-WHO emhlabeni, abantu abangaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili baphathwe igciwane lesandulela ngculaza. Kunamanye amazwe lapho abantu abangaphezu kwesigamu babe nesifo sofuba Futhi abantu abaningi bayabathwala isifo sofuzo esibhedlela i-hepatitis A no-C, ngisho nangaphandle kokuqaphela.
I-hepatitis iyingozi yokuvuvukala kwezicubu zesibindi. Lesi sifo sibangelwa izinhlobo ezinhlanu zegciwane, ezibhekwa njenge-A, B, C, D, E. Abantu bangagula kusukela kumuntu osulelekile bese betholiswa ekudleni noma emanzini.
I-hepatitis enamandla ikhona ngezibonakaliso ezifana nobuhlungu besisu, isicanucanu, ukuhlanza, ukuphuza amehlo nesikhumba, ukukhathala ngokushesha. Kodwa-ke, ukungahambi kahle kwegciwane lesandulela ngculazi kuleso simo ukuthi ngokuvamile lesi sifo siphelele ngokuphelele. Futhi umuntu ogulayo angakwazi ukufunda ekuhluphekeni kokugula kwakhe kuphela emva kokushisa kwesifo sofuba esithathe isifo esingapheli. Ngezinye izikhathi lokhu kwenzeka ngisho nangemva kweminyaka eyishumi. Futhi sonke lesi siguli isiguli singathinteli abanye abantu. I-hepatitis esigabeni esingapheli singabangela umdlavuza we- cirrhosis noma wesibindi .
Umlando weSuku Lomhlaba Ngokumelene Ne-Viral Hepatitis
NgoMeyi 2008, i-International Alliance Against Viral Hepatitis okokuqala iqhube izenzakalo ezahloselwe ukunakekelwa sonke isintu ezinkingeni zalesi sifo. Futhi ngonyaka ka-2011, i-WHO yasungula i-World Hepatitis Day futhi yabeka usuku lokugubha kwayo ngoJulayi 28 ngokuhlonipha usosayensi odumile Blumberg, owathola kuqala i-hepatitis virus.
I-World Hepatitis Day inezibonakaliso zayo ngokwezimbongolo ezintathu ezihlakaniphile ezithi "Angiboni lutho, angizwa lutho, angiyikutshela noma ubani", okungukuthi, ukungazinaki ngokuphelele izinkinga. Yingakho inhloso yokusungula i-World Hepatitis Day ukukwazisa abantu ngesidingo sokuvimbela lesi sifo esibi.
Ngo-Julayi 28, odokotela emazweni amaningi minyaka yonke baqhuba imikhankaso yemfundo etshela abantu ngalesi sifo, izibonakaliso nemiphumela yayo. Phela, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi wonke umuntu azame ukugwema ukutheleleka nge-hepatitis egazini. Ukuqaphela ukuhlanzeka komuntu, umuntu uyozivikela e-hepatitis A no-E. Ukuqaphelisisa ngesikhathi sokulala ngokobulili kanye nokumpompela igazi kuzosiza ukuvikela amagciwane C no B.
Ukwengeza, njengengxenye yokugubha usuku lokulwa nesifo sofuba, ukuxilongwa kwabantu kanye nokugoma kwabantu abaningi emazweni amaningi kwenziwa. Umgomo uzovikela umuntu ngokuqinisekisiwe kusuka ku-hepatitis A no-B.