Beware, Tattoo Could Spread Hepatitis
8.11.13
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Aka tattoo body art tattooing has now become a trend. According to a survey in 2012, one in five people have a tattoo. Unfortunately, in addition to getting an image hard to shake, tattoos also carry the risk of transmission of hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C is the leading cause of liver cancer and organ transplant. Approximately 70 percent of people infected with hepatitis C virus chronic liver disease and 5 percent died from cirrhosis or liver cancer. In America, as many as 3.2 million people are infected with hepatitis C and do not realize it because they do not feel sick.
Transmission of hepatitis virus occurs primarily through blood transfusion or needle. According to the data center of disease control and prevention of the U.S., approximately 60 percent of new hepatitis cases each year due to drug injecting.
Even so, about 20 percent of hepatitis cases had no history of ever sharing needles or exposure. According to Dr. Fritz Francois of New York University, Langone Medical Center conducted a study and found that approximately 34 percent of people infected with hepatitis have a tattoo, compared with 12 percent of non-infected.
"Tattoo is a risk factor for transmission of this disease and viral hepatitis can not be active for many years," said Francois. In his research, Francois interviewed more than 2,000 people who owned the tattoo and the hepatitis status. The respondents were drawn from three hospitals in New York between 2004 and 2006.
After taking into account various risk factors, the difference between an infected person and are not more real. About people who never do tattoos quadrupled infected with hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C is the leading cause of liver cancer and organ transplant. Approximately 70 percent of people infected with hepatitis C virus chronic liver disease and 5 percent died from cirrhosis or liver cancer. In America, as many as 3.2 million people are infected with hepatitis C and do not realize it because they do not feel sick.
Transmission of hepatitis virus occurs primarily through blood transfusion or needle. According to the data center of disease control and prevention of the U.S., approximately 60 percent of new hepatitis cases each year due to drug injecting.
Even so, about 20 percent of hepatitis cases had no history of ever sharing needles or exposure. According to Dr. Fritz Francois of New York University, Langone Medical Center conducted a study and found that approximately 34 percent of people infected with hepatitis have a tattoo, compared with 12 percent of non-infected.
"Tattoo is a risk factor for transmission of this disease and viral hepatitis can not be active for many years," said Francois. In his research, Francois interviewed more than 2,000 people who owned the tattoo and the hepatitis status. The respondents were drawn from three hospitals in New York between 2004 and 2006.
After taking into account various risk factors, the difference between an infected person and are not more real. About people who never do tattoos quadrupled infected with hepatitis C.
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