* Hepatitis C inofungidzirwa kubata vanhu vakuru mazana maviri nemakumi maviri nemashanu muGreat Britain.
* Mushonga mutsva unogona kuita sarudzo muhondo yekurwisa chirwere cheropa ichi.
* Kurapa kwemwedzi mitatu neichi chinodhaka kunorapa kusvika pa90% yevarwere.
Nyanzvi dzakazivisa kuti kupera kwehepatitis C kwave pedyo. Kugadzirwa kwemushonga unonzi Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) yakarumbidzwa se "mutambo wekuchinja" pakurapa chirwere. 'Uyu mushonga mutsva unotipa mukana wekunatsa UK yehepatitis C "anodaro Graham Foster, purofesa wehepatology paQueen Mary University yeLondon.
Hepatitis C chirwere chinotakurwa neropa chakatanga kuzivikanwa muna 1989. Vazhinji veavo vakavhiringidzwa vakagamuchira ropa rakasvibiswa kubva pakuisirwa ropa kana nzira dzekurapa pamberi pa1989, kana kubva mukugovana tsono kana kutora matatoo. Mumwe wevarwere vane mukurumbira ndiPamela Anderson.
Pamela Anderson anoti akawana hepatitis C nekuti akagovana tsono dzenyora nemurume wake aimbova murume Tommy Lee.
Hutachiona uhwu hunofungidzirwa kuti hunobata vanhu vakuru mazana maviri nemakumi maviri nemashanu muUK, avo inopfuura hafu inoramba isingawanikwe.
Kana ikasiiwa isingarapwe, chiropa chinopedzisira chaora, zvichitungamira ku cirrhosis kana gomarara rechiropa kwenguva yemakore makumi matatu kusvika makumi mana. Kufa kwehuwandu kwakawedzera nekukurumidza. Muna 30 pakanga paine vanhu mazana matatu negumi nevapfumbamwe vakafa nechirwere chehepatitis C, asi zvino yauraya vanhu vakawanda kudarika hosha dzine chekuita neHIV.
Purofesa Foster anowedzera kuti:
“Gare gare gore rino tinotarisira kuona kuwanikwa kwemimwe mishonga mitsva iyo yatinogona kusanganisa nesofosbuvir. Izvi zvichatibvumidza kuti tirege kushandisa interferon kurapwa, iyo inokonzeresa zvakakomba mhedzisiro uye haigone kubvumidzwa nevarwere vanorwara zvakanyanya. Zvidzidzo zvinoratidza kuti mishonga mitsva iyi inopihwa nesofosbuvir ine 97 muzana yekubudirira. '
Kune mumvuri mumwe chete padhuze: chiyero chekucherechedza hepatitis C cheUK, zvinoreva kuti vazhinji veavo vanoda kurapwa havazozivikanwa kusvika vanyatsorwara. Izvi zvinogona kudzivirirwa ne chirongwa chakazara chekutsvaga hutachiona senge icho vatove nacho muUS uye nedzimwe nyika dzeEurope.
Charles Gore, Executive Sachigaro weHepatitis C Trust (yeUK nyika yerubatsiro rweHepatitis C), anoti:
“Tichakwanisa kumira kufunga nezvehutachiona sechirwere chisingaperi chinokonzera cirrhosis negomarara rechiropa. Pane kudaro tichafunga nezvazvo sehutachiona hunorapika nyore.
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