She was declared viral hepatitis
Since the end of the last century, viral hepatitis has been one of the main threats to humanity. This was stated by experts representing Imperial College London and the University of Washington. According to experts, over the years, the number of deaths from this disease is growing quite rapidly.
The researchers remind that there are five types of viral hepatitis - A, B, C, D and E. Some of these types are transmitted through biological fluids, and species A and E also through contaminated food. According to the data cited by scientists, no fewer people die from viral hepatitis all over the world than from tuberculosis, malaria and HIV / AIDS.
Scientists analyzed data on the incidence of infectious hepatitis in 183 countries from 1990 to 2013. As a result, it was possible, among other things, to find out that about 96 percent of people who died from this disease suffered from hepatitis B or C. These types of hepatitis are dangerous in that they destroy the human liver and can provoke very serious problems with it. At the same time, although in some cases hepatitis can manifest itself through fatigue, nausea or jaundice, the disease often proceeds without symptoms until its consequences become very serious.
For twenty-three years, the data on which experts studied, the number of deaths due to various types of viral hepatitis increased by 63 percent. In 2013, according to the collected information, 1.45 million people died from viral hepatitis, while 1.4 million from tuberculosis, 1.3 million from AIDS, and 855 thousand people from malaria. Experts note that since 1990, the number of deaths from tuberculosis and malaria per year has been gradually decreasing.
The researchers add that East Asians are the most affected by hepatitis today.
Dmitry Istrov