| [ SNU ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): hshim (맨땅에헤딩) 날 짜 (Date): 2003년 1월 25일 토요일 오전 04시 59분 30초 제 목(Title): Re: 간염 예방 주사에 대한 문의 흠, 간암 얘기는 옛날에 세미나에서 주워들은 어렴풋한 기억이었는데, 기억이 틀렸든지 연사가 틀렸든지 (아니면 밑에 내용이 틀렸든지)겠군요. 전부 간암으로 가는 건 아니고, 많은 사람들이 C형간염 "때문에" 죽는 게 아니라 걸린 상태에서 다른 이유로 (가령 늙어서...) 죽는답니다. 간암으로 갈 률은 4-5%, 간경변은 25% 정도... We do know that HCV can go 20 - 40 years without causing noticeable symptoms in most people. We also know that sometimes the virus progresses very rapidly in others. We know that enzymes that serve as flags to problems may fluctuate back and forth from high numbers back to normal ranges. some never have high enzyme levels. We also know that hepatic swelling can fluctuate. These situations can make it difficult to determine a course of treatment but one thing is for sure, once the liver is damaged to the point of cirrhosis it is seldom reversible. This means it is important to try and stop the progression before cirrhosis occurs. another consideration is the fact that most of us have 80% more liver than we need. Of course, we don't want that much of our liver damaged but it does give some room to work with. Because the virus normally progresses at a slow rate, most people do not die from hepatitis C, they die with it. We should not forget though that HCV and complications from HCV do kill about 10,000 people every year in the USA. We know that chronic infection occurs in 80 - 85% of infections, of those approximately 20 -25% develop cirrhosis and of those 4 - 5% develop liver cancer. We also know that HCV is still the leading indicator for both liver transplants and hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer). V 무슨 그림이냐고요? * \|/ * 바로 맨땅에 헤딩하는 그림입죠. \ O / 왠지 사는게 갑갑하게 느껴질때 ============== 한번씩들 해보시라니깐요. hshim@scripps.edu |