Is it necessary to get vaccinated to prevent hepatitis C?

According to current regulations, children under the age of three must be vaccinated, especially the hepatitis C vaccine. Preventive work needs to be done. Adults also need to be vaccinated to ensure that they do not get sick and do preventive work in advance. However, the injection of hepatitis C vaccine requires relevant precautions according to different stages.

At what age should the hepatitis C vaccine be given?

First of all, viral hepatitis is divided into five types: A, B, C, D and E, and the testing items for different types of hepatitis are not the same. Among them, hepatitis B can be prevented by injecting hepatitis B vaccine, but there is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C because the genetic variability of the hepatitis C virus is large, and the neutralizing antibodies produced in the body are difficult to cope with the large number of new variants that continue to emerge.

From this we can see that there is currently no hepatitis C vaccine, so prevention of hepatitis C cannot be achieved through vaccination. In life, you must pay strict attention to your diet and avoid eating all kinds of miscellaneous foods. Unhealthy foods can easily lead to the occurrence of hepatitis C.

What is the difference between hepatitis C and hepatitis B?

Secondly, hepatitis C, like hepatitis B, is an infectious hepatitis, which is mainly transmitted through blood, sexual intercourse, and mother-to-child vertical transmission. Everyone knows that hepatitis B can be prevented by injecting hepatitis B vaccine, but unfortunately, the medical community has not yet developed an effective vaccine to prevent hepatitis C. This is because the hepatitis C virus is an RNA virus, and the characteristic of RNA viruses is that their genetic variability is large, which increases the difficulty of developing a vaccine.

Another reason that limits the development of hepatitis C vaccine is that other animals except humans and chimpanzees will not contract hepatitis C, so it is difficult to find an animal model for vaccine development.

Therefore, there is currently no hepatitis C vaccine available. The only effective way to deal with it is for high-risk groups to undergo hepatitis C antibody testing as early as possible, detect the disease early and actively treat it.

Precautions

Everyone should develop good personal hygiene habits, wash hands with soap after contact with patients, raise awareness of prevention, and avoid casually getting tattoos, eyebrow tattoos, eyeliner tattoos, ear piercings, etc. Pay attention to food hygiene, do not eat irritating foods, do not eat street food, and strictly restrict your diet.