China currently has about 40 million hepatitis C patients, and surveys show that the number of incidences has been on the rise in recent years: the number of reported hepatitis C incidences in 2009 was 10.56 times higher than in 2001. Professor Zhou Xiaohui, a hepatologist at Shantou University Hospital, suggests that patients who received blood transfusions in the 80s and 90s and drug addicts are among the high-risk groups for the development of hepatitis C. Infection with hepatitis C virus may infect family members, and if left untreated 75%-85% will become chronic, and cirrhosis and liver cancer may even occur; however, hepatitis C is not terrible, early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment are Early detection, diagnosis and treatment are the keys to curing hepatitis C! How hepatitis C is transmitted 1. Blood transfusion and blood product transmission: From the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, more than 70% of post-transfusion hepatitis was hepatitis C. The current mode of transfusion transmission has been controlled, but anti-HCV-negative hepatitis C carrier blood donors still cannot be screened out, and transfusions still have the potential to transmit hepatitis C, especially for those with repeated transfusions of blood and blood products. 2.Transmission through unclean injections, needle sticks, organ transplants, hemodialysis, etc. 3.Living in close contact transmission. 4, sexual transmission: hepatitis C virus exists in semen and saliva, hepatitis C can be transmitted through sexual contact. 5, mother-to-child transmission: hepatitis C virus can be transmitted to the baby through the mother, the chance of infection is about 10%. The hepatitis C virus is like an invisible “killer” that acts quietly, and most patients feel no discomfort after infection. The public is not aware of this. Most patients find out about hepatitis C only in the late stages of the disease, such as gastrointestinal hemorrhage, ascites and other manifestations of cirrhosis or liver cancer. In addition, the disease can be transmitted to family members, posing a health risk to them. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine for hepatitis C in the world. Early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment Fortunately, the current antiviral treatment can cure hepatitis C and restore the health of patients. Professor Zhou Xiaohui urges that early detection, diagnosis and treatment are the keys to curing hepatitis C. We will do our best to help you and remind the following people at high risk for hepatitis C that they should get tested for hepatitis C antibodies as soon as possible! (1) People who received blood transfusions and organ transplants and used blood products in the 1980s and 1990s; also includes people with a history of blood donation, especially plasma donation (2) People who maintain hemodialysis (3) People who share syringes (4) Dental instruments, endoscopy, invasive procedures and needle sticks that are not strictly sterilized (5) People who inject drugs intravenously (6) People infected with HIV (7) People infected with the hepatitis C virus (7) Infants born to mothers infected with hepatitis C virus (8) Those who have been exposed to hepatitis C virus-positive blood (9) Those who have unsafe sex (10) Those who use instruments not strictly sterilized for tattooing, acupuncture, cosmetology (ear piercing, etc.), etc.