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n keeping with a tradition well established since the assembly of the first edition, the general student union libre (AROW), field of Medical Sciences of the University Mentouri, held yesterday, a day medical housed in the auditorium of the Faculty Medical Constantine.Fourth of its kind, this event, around six papers, five internists by hospital of Constantine, was based on an important topic because of its impact on public health.
It is the liver cirrhosis, a chronic liver disease, often diagnosed in a casual and somewhat belatedly, according to specialists. It says here that 10 to 15% of people affected by hepatitis C (against whom there is no vaccine at present) will develop a long-term liver cirrhosis.
The latter also consider that the only way known so far to counter this disease is to minimize the risk of transmission via a nosocomial infection, risk behaviors (substance abuse, use of non-sterile syringes, blood transfusions evil managed, etc.).
In this connection, the etiologies put a greater emphasis at the University Hospital of Constantine refer mainly to chronic hepatic B and C. According to figures from the Ministry of Health, the incidence rate of hepatitis B has increased nationally by 3% per 100 000 inhabitants in 2006 to 4.1 cases for the same proportion in 2007.
Regarding hepatitis C, its incidence rate has also known, from the same population, a significant decrease from 3.1 cases in 2006 to 2.5 in 2007. A decline attributed by epidemiologists to two key factors: the strengthening of actions and preventive actions, and greater vigilance in the care provided in hospitals.
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