Hepatitis virus is at risk of being transmitted through blood and secretions. If you have it and have been cured, can you donate blood? Know this to prevent the spread of the disease!

When the virus enters the liver cells, it causes hepatitis, resulting in abnormal liver function, symptoms of liver swelling, fatigue. There are many types of hepatitis viruses, including hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. However, the most common and major public health problem in Thailand is hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.

Which can be cured and there is an effective vaccine for hepatitis. However, if you have hepatitis, you should take care of yourself to respond to treatment more quickly and not let it become chronic and turn into cirrhosis or liver cancer.

During treatment, you can exercise normally, but you should not overdo it during acute hepatitis. You should get enough rest and avoid drinking alcohol because it makes the virus multiply more and causes liver cells to deteriorate faster.

Sex should use a condom. Avoid high-fat foods. When having surgery or dental work, always inform the doctor. Importantly, when taking any type of medication, consult a doctor. See the doctor as scheduled to have blood tests to check liver function periodically. Recommend that close people who live in the same house have blood tests. And get vaccinated against hepatitis A and B. Avoid donating blood.

Why do people with hepatitis have to abstain from blood donation?

Information from the National Blood Center, Thai Red Cross Society, reveals that in addition to being between the ages of 17 and 70, weighing 45 kilograms or more, and in good health, blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis have set the following สมัคร ufabet criteria:

• Most people who develop hepatitis before the age of 11 are caused by the hepatitis A virus. Once they recover, they can donate blood.
• If there is a history of hepatitis after the age of 11, it is mostly caused by hepatitis B or C. Permanently refrain from donating blood to reduce the risk of transmitting the infection to patients who receive blood. Unless there is a medical certificate confirming that the hepatitis was caused by other causes.
• Your partner or family member has had hepatitis within the past year.

Since having a close person with hepatitis means you are also at risk of contracting hepatitis B or C. You should refrain from donating blood for 1 year to ensure that you do not have this infection, which can be transmitted to patients who receive blood.