
Hepatitis can be fatal, awareness is necessary for prevention: Civil Surgeon Dr Pawan Kumar.
Hoshiarpur- On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, today, Civil Surgeon Hoshiarpur Dr Pawan Kumar Shagotra, in collaboration with Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr DP Singh, District Family Welfare Officer Dr Ranjit Singh, District Epidemiologist Dr Sailesh Kumar, Deputy Mass Media Officer Ramandeep Kaur, BEE Amandeep Singh and Health Inspector Sanjeev Thakur, released awareness-raising literature on prevention, control and treatment of hepatitis.
Hoshiarpur- On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, today, Civil Surgeon Hoshiarpur Dr Pawan Kumar Shagotra, in collaboration with Assistant Civil Surgeon Dr DP Singh, District Family Welfare Officer Dr Ranjit Singh, District Epidemiologist Dr Sailesh Kumar, Deputy Mass Media Officer Ramandeep Kaur, BEE Amandeep Singh and Health Inspector Sanjeev Thakur, released awareness-raising literature on prevention, control and treatment of hepatitis.
On this occasion, the Civil Surgeon said that hepatitis is a liver disease, if it is not treated in time, it can prove fatal. He said that to make the country a hepatitis-free country, it is necessary to reach door-to-door awareness messages about prevention and get it treated in time.
Later, an awareness seminar was organized at ANM Training School Hoshiarpur under the leadership of District Epidemiologist Dr. Sailesh Kumar under the theme “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It”. In which Deputy Mass Media Officer Ramandeep Kaur, BEE Amandeep Singh, school tutor Madam Amarpreet Kaur, Manmeet Kaur and Ritu and students of the training school participated. Addressing the seminar, Dr. Sailesh Kumar said that he said that hepatitis disease is spread through viruses.
There are five types of these viruses, which are called Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. Hepatitis A and E are caused by consuming contaminated water and contaminated food, while the other types of hepatitis spread further through blood. Hepatitis B, C are also called black jaundice. He said that it spreads through drug injection, using contaminated needles, and using a contaminated needle while tattooing the body.
Black jaundice damages the liver and sometimes liver cancer can also occur. To prevent hepatitis B and C, it is important to stay away from drugs. Disposable syringes should be used. Caution should be taken while giving blood to another person and only blood tested for the patient should be given from a government-approved blood bank.
Stay faithful to your spouse and establish a relationship with only one partner. Explaining the symptoms of hepatitis, he said that it causes fever, headache, muscle pain and weakness all the time. The color of urine becomes dark yellow. Along with this, vomiting and loss of appetite are also its main symptoms. If these symptoms occur, the patient should immediately go to the nearest health center and get treatment.
