Hepatitis is catching millions of people in the country

About one crore people in Bangladesh are 'Hepatitis B' or 'Hepatitis C' virus. Among them, the number of youth and youth is more. Every 500 people in the country have a 'Hepatitis C' virus. This information was presented at a seminar organized by the Hepatology Society in CIRDAP auditorium on Thursday on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day.

World Hepatitis Day will be celebrated tomorrow on Saturday. The theme of the day is 'eliminating hepatitis'. It is reported that 325 million people in the world are infected with hepatitis, 90 percent of whom do not know they have hepatitis.

Former Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Professor Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam. President of Bangladesh Hepatology Society Professor Dr. In the chairmanship of Mobin Khan, former Director General of the Department of Health, Professor Dr. Professor Dr. MA Foyez, former chairman of Liver Division of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Nuruddin Ahmad, Professor Dr. Abu Saeed, Dr. Motahar Hossain, Dr. Md. Shahinul Alam, Dr. Golam Azam, Dr. Golam Mustafa, Dr. More about Nazrul Islam.

Presenting the keynote paper at the seminar, Associate Professor of Liver Division of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and General Secretary of the Hepatology Society Dr. Md. Shahinul Alam

It is reported that more than 85 lakh people in Bangladesh are infected with 'hepatitis B' virus, about 57 lakh men and 28 lakh women. Of these, the number of youths aged 18 to 30 years old is about 25 lakhs. Number of women capable of giving birth (18 to 45 years) 18 lakhs The number of children and adolescents infected is about 1.5 million. The information presented in the seminar also states that the number of men (76.1%) is higher than women (23.9%) in the country. Again, there is more to the hepatitis B virus than 18 to 29 years of age.

Other information has been reported that 43 percent of acute hepatitis (common jaundice) infections in Bangladesh, 43 percent of hepatitis 'E' virus, 15 percent of cases 'B' and 8 percent of cases 'A' are affected by the virus. Apart from this, 60% of hepatitis B virus and 30% of C virus are responsible for liver cirrhosis. Hepatitis B 'is responsible for liver cancer and 65% of C virus and 17% of C virus. Hepatitis 'E' and 'A' virus are water borne diseases and Hepatitis 'C' virus is blood-borne disease.