Leisure at sea threatens jaundice

The victim of an insidious disease, as we are assured the doctors can be on any coast - though Turkish, though the Black Sea.

- Hepatitis A, which used to be called Botkin's disease or jaundice - an infection mostly summer-autumn - says Professor of the Department of Childhood Illness MGMU them. Setchenov Alexander Gorelov. - "Catchy" it is mostly vacationers who prefer sea beaches, not only of Egypt and Turkey, but even our Black Sea coast. And fans of exotic food in other countries. Not for nothing called the hepatitis A disease of dirty hands - the more unsanitary conditions around, the more people that carry it, the more likely pick jaundice.

This infection is unpleasant that can pass completely without symptoms, and may go to the jaundice stage, that is when the skin and whites of the eyes are colored yellow. As a rule, one manifested disease accounts for 5-6 hidden forms. And even worse is that the incubation period from hepatitis A - 35-40 days. And we can not even remember when and what to eat somewhere (swim-touched) over a month ago ...

And manifest hepatitis A, and asymptomatic dangerous for our liver. But holidaymakers are not used to limit yourself to alcoholic beverages, which is strictly forbidden, if you still have picked up the infection. After the man had been ill, even prescribed a special diet for six months, excluding tomatoes, fatty-spicy-fried. Otherwise, you can bring up the sorry state of the liver.

- As a general rule, to 30 years in about 80 percent of the metropolis transferred to some form of hepatitis A, - says the head of the epidemiological department of Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow Irina Lytkina .  - After contracting the infection standard contact-household or food process (that is, either through food or through contact) .  Alas, at the source of the infection affect almost impossible because of the long incubation period .  In 2010 in Moscow was a real outbreak of hepatitis A scare doctors and epidemiologists - ill more than a thousand young people aged 25-35 years .  When we started to unravel the chain of carefully interviewing cases, it was found that all of them before the new year spruce ready salads, bought in the shops of one of the major networks .  It turned out that this network sick cashiers, as well as people preparing salad .  It was in an unauthorized borehole water which turned out to be contaminated with the infection .  

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Find out whether you're sick!

Epidemiologists claim: the problem is solved one vaccinated against hepatitis A. Or rather, two. But even the first vaccination two weeks before the holidays can give strong immunity. And six months later you need to hold booster that will protect nearly all his life. Especially in the suburbs and Msokve this vaccine is included in the national calendar, so the children have something you can definitely inculcate free.

By the way, check to see whether you are ill with hepatitis A hidden form, now you can! However, for the money. Special test system determines whether there is in your blood antibodies to hepatitis A. Of course, the test is not at home, and in the laboratory.

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