STUDY OF TWO KILLING DISEASES: HEPATITIS B (HBV), HEPATITIS C (HCV), PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS IN RURAL AREAS

Background: Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C (HCV) a virus are the 2 most frequent diseases in all over the world, and causes more mortality and death ratio worldwide. In Pakistan HBV and HCV Patients population is too high especially in rural areas; Study was conducted THQ Hospital Chowk Azam Layyah to evaluate the frequency and risk factors of HBV and HCV patients in this area. Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to examine the risk factors causes HBV and HCV and its prevalence, also sex and gender evaluation. Method: This descriptive study was conducted THQ Hospital Chowk Azam Layyah, during from Feb 2017 to January 2018. In this study we included 1050 patients of chronic liver failure to examine the frequency and risk factors causes of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viruses. Results: In this detailed study we included 1050 patients of liver diseases, out of 1050 We found 135 patients had both Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV), 55 (5.23%) patients were found +Hepatitis C and 80 (7.62%) patients were found +HBV. The mean age calculated was 36.05 years. In 135 patients of HBV and HCV, men were 45 (33.33%) and 68 (50.37%) were women while 22 patients were aged of <18 years. We observed most frequently Hepatitis B and C in the patients between ages of 20 to 35 years (45 (56.25%) patients of +HCV and 33(60%) patients of HBV viruses respectively). We found most prevalence in women (HBV infection women 44(55%) and 24(50.9%) women had HCV). In this study we also included the detailed history of patients such as age, sex, socioeconomic status, literacy, poverty, used of pipe lined water or pumped water, smoking history, use of drugs with used injection, blood donation history and organs transplantation history. Conclusion: In this study we found frequency of these two killing infections HBV and HCV is too high as compared to the other developed countries. Mostly women and adults were affected to these viruses. Keywords: Hepatitis B, HBV C, Frequency, Factors.