Open AccessHEPATITIS C PATIENTS;
Author(s) -
Fatima Mehboob,
Zafar Majeed Baba Babar
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.01.2698
Subject(s) - medicine , ribavirin , prospective cohort study , hepatitis , socioeconomic status , cohort , hepatitis c , viral hepatitis , pediatrics , immunology , hepatitis c virus , population , virus , environmental health
Objectives: To determine the impact of antiviral treatment of Hepatitis C patients with poor socioeconomic resources. Design: Prospective cohort study. Place and Duration: Department of Medicine, Sheikh ZayedMedical College / Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan, from August 2006 to February 2007. Subjects and Method:One hundredknown cases of hepatitis C were selected. PCR and biochemical tests were performed before the start of therapy.Interferon and Ribavirin therapy was given according to standard therapeutic protocol. Patients were continuouslymotivated and educated for regular treatment. The observations were collected regularly. Results: Out of hundredcases 95 improved symptomatically. One got worse while 4 remained symptomatic. At the end of therapy PCR wasperformed only in 4 cases. Conclusion: In non affording patients although exact status of viral clearance is not knownbut some thing is better than nothing rule was applied for treatment of patients