Prevention of hepatitis B

Vaccine. Be vaccinated against hepatitis B Vaccination against hepatitis B - one of the first   You can both children and adults. It is mandatory to make her newborns whose mothers have hepatitis B, but recommended that the vaccine be administered to all young children. Newborn first injection of the vaccine do still before him with his mother is discharged from hospital, the second - between the ages of one and two months, and the third - in six months.

Adults the vaccine may be recommended, for example, if they work in the field of health care, if they have diabetes if they are undergoing hemodialysis, they have severe kidney disease, chronic liver disease, HIV. Vaccination is not recommended for patients who are allergic to yeast, which had an allergic reaction after the first dose of the vaccine. In addition, people who have more severe disease than the common cold, it is recommended to transfer the vaccine and vaccinated after recovery.

• Safe Sex. Never have sex without a condom with a man in whose health you are not sure. Do not use condoms with lubricants based on oils - they can damage the latex.
• The use of disposable sterile syringes. People who can not discontinue the drug, should at least reduce the risk of infection with hepatitis B (and other dangerous viruses). This requires the use of sterile syringes, and in any case not to use the same syringe with another person.
• Be careful with piercings and tattoos. If you want to get pierced or tattooed to decorate your body, choose a room with a good reputation, and the master with extensive experience (those who harm the health of customers, it is hardly possible to work for a long time). Before the procedure, you can ask the master how he disinfects the tools and working surfaces - a bona fide professional answers to such questions calmly.

Before traveling to a third world country learn how it spread hepatitis B. If you are going on a long tour of the country, where the incidence of hepatitis B is high, talk to your doctor as to whether you should be vaccinated. Think about it in advance as to develop immunity to do three injections for six months. Typically, vaccination is recommended to those who are going to travel a lot around the country, staying in cheap hotels or to rent from the local population - the risk of contracting hepatitis while higher than that of those who rest in the resort area and lives in five-star hotels.

Emergency prevention of hepatitis B is necessary in cases where a person has been exposed to the virus, for example, if he has had unprotected sexual contact with an infected person. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor. Injection of hepatitis B immunoglobulin, taken within 24 hours after exposure to the virus can prevent development of the disease. Blood tests will need to do six weeks, three months and six months after exposure. Be sure no infection is possible only if all three tests will give a negative result. Until then, the patient needs to take all the measures that are recommended in patients with chronic hepatitis B to prevent infection of others.

Dangerous Is Hepatitis B?

Despite the fact that hepatitis Hepatitis - the scourge of our time   As can be cured, it is certainly dangerous. Hepatitis B is one of the so-called "silent infections", which can for a long time does not cause any symptoms. Many people infected with hepatitis B, for a long time do not realize this, and can spread the infection. Moreover, chronic hepatitis Chronic hepatitis - a diagnosis for life   The two can lead to a very dangerous disease - cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer Liver cancer: prognosis is poor, but there is hope .

The mechanism of action tsikloferona

TSikloferon - it immunocorrector (medication, restoring the body's defenses). Its mechanism of action is to stimulate the production of large amounts of alpha and beta interferon in organs and tissues, containing elements of lymphoid tissue (lymph nodes, tonsils, mucous membrane of the small intestine, liver, spleen, respiratory tract).

In addition, tsikloferon stimulates bone marrow cells, causing the activation of the cell (when the "enemy" is destroyed directly by immune cells) immunity: increased production of granulocytes (white blood cells that protect the body from the introduction of bacteria and viruses by destroying them) and T lymphocytes (another type of leukocytes - thymus-dependent lymphocytes, which also serve as cell-mediated immunity). These properties allow not only enhance the antiviral, antibacterial and immunity.

Immunostimulatory properties tsikloferona enable it to cope with the influenza virus, herpes, hepatitis, cytomegalovirus (the virus is particularly dangerous for pregnant women), papilloma virus, and various enteroviruses (causing viral diseases associated with intestinal symptoms), HIV encephalitis and other viral infections.

Since tsikloferon promotes cell activation antibacterial immunity, it is used in the treatment of acute and chronic bacterial infections. This is especially significant for the quietly flowing infections, sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, ureaplasma, and so on).

Another mechanism of action tsikloferona - it promotes the increased formation of killer T cells - cells that are able to destroy the "wrong" the body's own cells, this property tsikloferona used in the treatment of malignant tumors.

TSikloferon suppresses autoimmunity (production of antibodies against its own tissues), anti-inflammatory effect.

Tablets tsikloferona absorbed in the small intestine and rapidly penetrate into the lymphoid tissue effectively affecting the foci of infection. Excreted from the body within days kidneys unchanged.

Indications and Contraindications

Cycloferon is used for the treatment and prophylaxis of the following diseases:

• influenza and other acute respiratory infections, including enteroviral infections;
• Infections that affect the nervous system: the serous meningitis, encephalitis, and so on;
• viral hepatitis (A, B, C);
• herpes infection;
• cytomegalovirus infection;
• HIV infection;
• intestinal infection;
• diseases, sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, ureaplasma, mycoplasma Mycoplasmosis - infection does not always equal disease , Bacterial vaginosis Bacterial vaginosis - it harmless little gardnerella? , and so on);
• fungal diseases associated with reduced immunity;
• systemic connective tissue diseases (systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis - a variety of forms and complications   and so on);
• metabolic diseases of the joints (for example, deforming osteoarthritis);
• in combined therapy for treatment of tumors.

Contraindications for use tsikloferona and its side effects

TSikloferon contraindicated:

• in case of hypersensitivity to the drug;
• in severe liver diseases in violation of its functions;
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding Breast-feeding: feed - and no nails! ;
• children up to 4 years.

In diseases of the thyroid treatment cycloferon can only be intended endocrinologist. Data on overdoses or incompatibility with other drugs not.

Because side effects are only known allergic reactions.