Renal manifestations of hepatitis C.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 19 Renal manifestations of hepatitis C Hepatitis C is an important cause of kidney disease, renal complications of hepatitis C infection may be a major performance. Approximately half of the patients had evidence of kidney damage, a quarter of the patients presented as nephrotic syndrome, other patients had proteinuria or impaired renal indication. HCV-related renal pathology has not yet fully clear, but a lot of evidence suggest that glomerular injury is from the circulating immune complex deposition in the endothelium, and glomerular mesangial caused. Membrane proliferative glomerulonephritis, with or without Lengchen hypergammaglobulinemia are the most common kidney damage. a  2b interferon is the current treatment options. However, successful road is limited, many patients have no response or recurrence after cessation of treatment. Some of the new drug program treatment methods were used in homeopathic terms of study is being explored in a longer course of treatment such as the use of interferon, ribavirin, or the use of immunosuppressive agents. Hepatitis C  associated nephropathy by about 10% will progress to end-stage renal sad dried up, requiring dialysis. American Journal of Medicine 1999; 106:347-354. 1999 Excerpta Medica Non-A non-B hepatitis in the mid 70s the first to be described, but not until 1989 was a clear hepatitis C pathogens. Chronic hepatitis C in the population prevalence of about 1% -2%. Nearly 50% of cases are due to contaminated blood and blood products. Abuse of intravenous drug users are at greatest risk 40% -50% had evidence of hepatitis C infection, followed by 20% -30% in hemodialysis patients and blood transfusion recipients of 5% -10%. Sexual transmission and vertical transmission contact transmission among family members, as well as the spread of needle injury to the health care workers have been reported; however, these factors seem to lower the proportion of disease. 40% of patients with risk fact