Half of Odessa Residents Infected with Hepatitis

[jj8951]

 46.% is too high, cant be true?
   
// 07.03.2008 // 17:50 //
Half of Odessa Residents Infected with Hepatitis
MIGnews.com.ua
Nearly half of Odessa residents have been infected with hepatitis in dental rooms because of doctors’ negligence. According to statistics, 46,2 percents of people were taken ill with virus hepatitis C and B in 2007 because of dentists. Chief state sanitary doctor of the Odessa Region Ljubov Zasypka reported it. Because of it sanitary epidemiological station closed 40 dental rooms and fined 122 doctors.

“If that figure was possible to be multiplied by 10 as a minimum – it is a real picture about virus that affects population in Ukraine every year”, told director of Institute of epidemiology and infectious diseases Viktor Marievsky.

Hepatitis C is rather insidious, ill person may not suspect this disease. It almost has no symptoms. But person who is sick with virus hepatitis C will live at most 20 years, doctors warn. That is why this virus is called “tender killer”.

By UtroUA
http://mignews.com.ua/en/articles/294283.html

[krimster]

Yup, hepatitis is a big problem in Ukraine, you know how you can completely avoid it?
Get vaccinated before you go!

[Misha]

You can get vaccinated for A and B but not C.

[Gator]

Gaubaub is correct, there is no proven vaccine for Hep C.  Just practice safe sex, know your woman, and conduct bloodwork.

I would ask a couple of questions but we can not ask you tangential questions.

On my flight from Moscow, I had a little chat in November with someone from the US State Dept about HIV in Russia.  He revealed little but seemed really concerned about the rapid increase among heterosexual non-drug users.  Also consider that some of the FSU women are not too careful about practicing safe sex.  

[jj8951]

Maybe the article is false, I cannot find it on other sites!

[Misha]

It was translated from Russian into English. Here is the original article in Russian: http://www.utro.ua/articles/2008/03/06/77543.shtml. And the Russian article got their information from this Ukrainian source: http://health.unian.net/ukr/detail/188810.