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PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B IN NIGERIA

Many studies have been done in Nigeria by local scientists.In last few years, the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA sent out some researchers who have been doing research in the country. They said the prevalence rate of Hepatitis B as at 2013 in Nigeria was as high as 11 percent. that means if u extrapolate that with the population of the country, close to 20 million Nigerians are infected. There has been an increase over the years . There are more than 280 million people in the world who are chronic carries of Hepatitis B virus in their liver. More than 2 million of the carrier die every year from liver cancer and liver cirrhosis.

MODE OF TRANSMISSION
One can get infected with Hepatitis B the same way one can get infected with HIV/AIDS; that includes through sex, blood transfusion, body fluids and many other ways by which HIV/AIDS is transmitted. When fully blown, Hepatitis B is more dangerous than HIV. This is because none of the complications of chronic Hepatitis B infection can be managed conservatively, but HIV/AIDS can be. Although HIV still has no cure, if one uses the drugs effectively, it could help the infected persons live a prolonged live. but chronic Hepatitis B is always catastrophic, either as cancer of the liver or liver cirrhosis. However, if Hepatitis B is detected early,there are drugs that can be used to manage it, but they are expensive.




Written by Dr Joseph Onigbinde , an infectious disease specialist and professor of Public Health, New York University, who is also the Managing Director of Ropheka Medical and Dental Hospital.

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