Hepatitis C is a dangerous disease that is transmitted through blood from an infected person. The causative agent of this disease is the virus.
Infection occurs, as a rule, through sexual contact, through non-sterile medical instruments, syringes, and blood transfusions. At risk are drug addicts who inject drugs, people who randomly change their sexual partners. But you can get infected in the hospital because of the negligence of medical workers.
Signs
Hepatitis C is acute and chronic. In most cases, the disease does not make itself felt. The course of the disease is asymptomatic. A person does not even suspect that he is sick. In such ignorance, he can be up to 20 years. No wonder this disease is also called a “gentle killer”. Over time, acute hepatitis takes on a chronic form, which is practically untreatable. Only after the appearance of symptoms such as yellowing of the skin of the eye proteins, an increase in the abdomen, persistent itching and the appearance of capillary stars on the face, chest and abdomen, does the patient consult a doctor. Despite the fact that the disease does not manifest itself immediately, there are still some signs of the disease:
- pain in the joints and muscles;
- constant fatigue;
- abdominal pain;
- dark urine;
- skin itching.
But a person, as a rule, attributes these symptoms to anything: tired at work, overeating fat, sitting at a computer for a long time, caught a cold. Yes, and not every doctor, based on the above signs, will diagnose hepatitis C. Chronic hepatitis can eventually turn into cirrhosis or liver cancer. But since the disease progresses very slowly, it can happen 30 years after infection.
Diagnostics
As a rule, random detection of the disease still prevails in us - during examinations before surgery or donor blood tests. But so that acute hepatitis does not become chronic, everyone should periodically undergo a medical examination to detect hepatitis C. You can donate blood for analysis. An analysis that identifies antibodies to hepatitis C is carried out in almost every medical institution.
Treatment
There is still a debate in the medical world about the need to treat this ailment, since to this day there is no effective drug that can cure the patient. Those drugs that are used to combat this disease are ineffective and have very serious side effects. Moreover, with a chronic form of the disease, they do not give any positive result.
Hepatitis C. Treatment with folk remedies: liver cleansing
With hepatitis, the liver is heavily slagged, hazardous waste is not excreted from the body, therefore, it is first necessary to clean the liver. Without it, it will be very difficult to cope with a disease such as hepatitis C. Treatment with folk remedies will be of great help in the fight against the disease. For the cleaning procedure in the morning, you need to drink a glass of water on an empty stomach (preferably purified), and after 25-30 minutes - a glass of freshly squeezed apple or grape juice. Then you need to lie on your left side, while on the right side put a heating pad with hot water and cover yourself with a blanket. It takes 2 hours to lie down. After lifting, you need to do a few deep squats. Then you can have breakfast. Breakfast should be light and not contain fatty foods. This cleaning procedure must be carried out twice a week. After 15 sessions, a liver cleansing course can be considered completed.
Hepatitis C. Treatment with folk remedies using juices and infusions
Squeeze the juice of a large lemon into a glass and add 5 g of baking soda (one teaspoon). Stir and leave for five minutes. Drink before breakfast (at least an hour). The course is carried out for three days, then take a four-day break and repeat the treatment again.
Another recipe for hepatitis C is to thoroughly wash and clean the horseradish root. Then grate it and squeeze the juice. In equal proportions, mix squeezed juice with honey. Take the mixture one tablespoon every four hours for forty days.
Hepatitis C. Treatment with folk remedies using herbal decoctions
A positive effect in the treatment of the disease has a decoction of corn stigmas. To do this, take three tablespoons of dry corn stigmas and pour two glasses of water. Boil for a few minutes. Insist the broth for 60 minutes, strain and drink half a glass every four hours. The course is carried out until complete recovery.
And, of course, we must not forget about prevention. After all, treating a disease is much more difficult than preventing it.