INFORMATION MEETING ABOUT HEPT
Every year on July 28, World Hepatitis Day is celebrated. On this occasion, the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center together with the Specialist Hospital. Rydygiera organized a meeting for the media and a special information campaign.
In the world, the number of carriers of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is estimated at 350 million people, and the number of carriers of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) - at 170 million. In Poland it is approximately 385 thousand. and approx. 700 thousand people. HBV is almost 100 times more infectious than HIV, the acquired immunodeficiency virus. Chronic, usually asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic, untreated hepatitis B and C infections may lead years later not only to liver cirrhosis, but also to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Since hepatitis remains undiagnosed in most chronically ill people for a long time, and there is a lack of knowledge about prevention in society, therefore the Specialist Hospital. Ludwik Rydygiera in Krakow and the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center have prepared a special information campaign. On Tuesday, July 28, a meeting with local media was held at the radiotherapy center on methods of preventing infections and methods of treating liver cancer. It was attended by, among others: Marcin Hetnał, M.D., director of the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, as well as Henryk Łabza, M.D., head of the Department of General and Oncological Surgery, and Leszek Sykut, M.D. - both representing the Krakow Specialist Hospital. L. Rydygier. Dr. Sykut is also the author of information material for patients and their families. Such leaflets, containing the most important information about hepatitis and infection prevention, are available at the center.
We also encourage you to read extensive material on hepatitis and methods of treating liver cancer - download link below.
