Ngokutsho kwe-WHO kwihlabathi, abantu abayi-2 bhiliyoni bachaphazeleka yi-virus ye-hepatitis. Kukho amazwe apho abantu abangaphezu kwesiqingatha sabantu babene-hepatitis A. Kwaye abaninzi abantu bayabathwala i-hepatitis A ne-C, nangaphandle kokuyiqonda.
I-hepatitis iyingozi yokuvuvukala kwesisu sesibindi. Esi sifo sibangelwa ziintlanu iintlobo zee-virus, ezichazwe njenge-A, B, C, D, E. Abantu banokusuleleka kumntu omntu osulelekileyo kwaye banokusuleleka ekutya okanye ngamanzi.
I-hepatitis enomdla ivela ngeempawu ezinjengeentlungu zesisu, isicupunu, ukuhlanza, ukuphuka kwamehlo kunye nesikhumba, ukukhathala ngokukhawuleza. Nangona kunjalo, ukungahambi kakuhle kwegciwane lesifo sesifo se-hepatitis kubangelwa ukuba isiqhelo sisoloko sifana nesifo. Kwaye umntu ogulayo unokufunda kwiintlungu zokugula kwakhe kuphela emva kokuba i-hepatitis ithathe ifomu elingapheliyo. Ngamanye amaxesha oku kwenzeka nangona emva kweminyaka elishumi. Kwaye lonke eli xesha isigulane singathinteli kwabanye abantu. I-hepatitis kwisigaba esingapheliyo kunokukhokelela kwisifo se- cirrhosis okanye umdlavuza wesibindi .
Imbali yoSuku lweMhlaba kwiNtsholongwane ye-Viral Hepatitis
Ngomhla ka-Meyi 2008, i-International Alliance Against Viral Hepatitis okokuqala iqhutywe imicimbi ejoliswe ekuboniseni uluntu lonke kwiingxaki zesi sifo. Kwaye ngo-2011, i-WHO yasungula i-World Hepatitis Day kwaye yabeka usuku lokubhiyozela kwayo ngoJulayi 28 ngokuhlonipha inzululwazi owaziwayo uBlumberg, owathola kuqala i-virus ye-hepatitis.
I-World Hepatitis Day inesimboli sayo ngokweendlela ezintathu zeenkomo ezizilumko ezinesiqu esithi "andiyikuboni nto, andiyiva nto, andiyi kumxelela umntu", oko kukuthi, ukugqitywa kweengxaki. Yingakho injongo yokuseka iSuku se-Hepatitis Day ukwazisa abantu malunga nemfuneko yokukhusela esi sifo esibi.
Ngomhla wama-28 kaJulayi, amagqirha emazweni amaninzi enze iiprogram zemfundo rhoqo ngonyaka ukuxelela abantu malunga nesi sifo, iimpawu kunye nemiphumo. Emva koko, kubalulekile ukuba wonke umntu azame ukuphepha ukusuleleka kwintsholongwane ye-virus. Ukuqwalasela ucoceko lomntu, umntu uya kuzikhusela kwisifo se-hepatitis A kunye no-E. Ukulumkisa ngexesha lokwabelana ngesondo kunye nokumpontshelwa igazi kuya kunceda ukukhusela kwiintsholongwane zeC and B.
Ukongezelela, njengenxalenye yokubhiyozela Usuku lokulwa ne-Hepatitis, ukuxilongwa kobunzima kunye nokugonywa kwabemi bamazwe amaninzi kwenziwa. Isitofu sokukhusela siya kukhusela umntu ngokusuka kwi-hepatitis A kunye no-B.