Hepatitis Day | Can patients with hepatitis B be clinically cured?What should I pay attention to during the epidemic?Experts say that

Cover Journalist Ning Zhi

July 28th is the 12th "Hepatitis Day". The popularity of viral hepatitis is one of the important public health issues in the world and is the most legal report in my country. Among the viral hepatitis, hepatitis B is the most common hepatitis in my country. It is estimated that 86 million people in the country are infected with hepatitis B.

The reporter learned from the Chengdu Public Health Center that hepatitis B was generally believed to be cured in the past, but with the advancement of medical technology, some patients with hepatitis B are now being cured clinically. healthy life.

Xiaoling (pseudonym) mother hugs Dr. Zhang Hong, the city's public health center

Girl finds hepatitis B

Treatment after 5 months of regular treatment

The day before the Children's Day this year, Xiaoling (pseudonym) received a special gift: hepatitis B was cured. After learning this news, Xiaoling's mother couldn't help crying with Dr. Zhang Hong.

It turned out that Xiaoling's mother had hepatitis B himself. When Xiaoling was three years old, Xiaoling was also found to be infected with hepatitis B virus. Since then, the whole family took the child to start medical treatment. "As long as there is a line of hope, it is necessary to do everything possible to treat the child." Xiaoling's mother said that in the past few years, Xiaoling's mother took the child to consult a lot of doctors. "I started taking Chinese medicine from the age of three and was close to the age of five. However, after the examination, I found that the child's condition did not recover. The child insisted on taking Chinese medicine for about a year and a half. During this period , That experience is really unbearable. "

Fortunately, Xiaoling's mother learned that Dr. Zhang Hong, a city of Public Health Clinical Medical Center, could cure the child's hepatitis B and saw hope. On January 4 this year, she took her child to the hospital for examination, and began to receive standardized treatment in accordance with Dr. Zhang Hong's treatment plan. In May this year, she took her baby to Chengdu Public Health Center to review again. After the result came out, the child's hepatitis B was cured.

"I sincerely thank the Chengdu Public Health Center, the medical team of the Department of Liver Diseases, as well as Dr. Zhang Hong, who is patient, careful, enthusiastic, and full of caring." Xiaoling's mother wrote in the letter to the hospital.

Mount Everest

About 40 % of the hospital cure

In addition to children, chronic hepatitis B can also be clinically cured. Dr. Huang Liang, a discipline of the liver disease of Chengdu Public Health Center, told reporters that some patients with hepatitis B are currently cured clinically. Clinically cure, we are talking about "hepatitis B medicine is better" and "picking hepatitis B hat".

The full name of the Everest project is "China Chronic Hepatitis B Clinical Treatment Engineering Project", which was initiated by the China Hepatitis Prevention and Control Foundation. It is currently the largest primary hepatitis B clinical cure public welfare project in the country. The project is expected to treat patients with eligible hepatitis B patients with conditions, allowing some patients to treat clinical healing through interferon.

"The first batch of the Department of Liver Diseases of our hospital participated in the Everest project. The Chengdu Public Health Center joined the Everest project in 2018. At present, the Hospital Mount Everest Project is also a total of 560 patients with clinical healing projects. The clinical cure rate of patients is about 40%. Of course, more patients will reach 48 weeks over time, and the later cure rate will be higher. "Dr. Huang Liang said.

It is understood that the current condition that meets the "Mount Everest Project" of the group is: patients who are taking oral antiviral drugs for more than one year, the current surface antigen level is lower than 1500 IU/ml, E antigen negative, and hepatitis B virus load is less than less than that of hepatitis B virus than less than less than 100IU/ml.

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What are the precautions for patients with hepatitis B during the epidemic?

Dr. Huang Liang reminded that patients with hepatitis B should maintain normal life and study, relax, and optimistic in accordance with various epidemic prevention policies. Review the relevant indicators of hepatitis in a regular basis and take the drug prescribed by the doctor on time. Do not drink alcohol, overwork, and stay up late; and pay attention to observing your physical changes. If you have full body weakness, decreased appetite, hidden liver area pain, even yellow skin, eyes, and yellowing, please go to the hospital as soon as possible.

Before going to the hospital, pay attention to the information published by the hospital. Generally, you can obtain it through the hospital WeChat public account or the hospital's official website. The time for your own consultation in advance and reserved the registration through the hospital WeChat public account in advance. In addition, it is necessary to remind that hepatitis -related examinations generally involve projects such as the abdominal color Doppler ultrasound and liver function. You should go to the hospital on an empty stomach.

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