ISSSTECALI promotes self-care to prevent hepatitis

ISSSTECALI can diagnose any case of viral hepatitis, provide patients with the medicines and optimal treatment they need to alleviate the possible negative effects of the disease.

Mexicali– Baja California State Workers and Municipal Security and Social Services Institute (ISSSTECALI) to promote a culture of self-care and the resulting disease within the framework of World Hepatitis Day.

Anglica Pon Méndez, Deputy Director of the Medical Area at ISSSTECALI, explained that hepatitis is inflammation of the liver caused by many types of viral infections, which according to the World Health Organization (WHO) causes about 1 million people to be infected with hepatitis. number of deaths per year.

Pom-Mendez emphasized the importance of a culture of self-care and recommended seeing a doctor at least once a year to get tested for the condition. This allows for the vaccine, which is available for all types of hepatitis except hepatitis C.

The different types of viral hepatitis include: Hepatitis A, a liver disease spread through contaminated food and water; Hepatitis B, which can lead to cirrhosis (scarring), liver cancer, liver failure, and death; Hepatitis C, Spread through contact with the blood of an infected person; hepatitis D is also present in the blood, and hepatitis E is spread in a similar way to hepatitis A.

Finally, he assured that ISSSTECALI can diagnose any case of viral hepatitis, provide patients with the medicines they need and the best treatment to alleviate the possible negative effects of the disease.