HEPATITIS C What is it? An inflammation of the liver (hepatitis) caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). How is it acquired? Risk situations are blood transfusions, sharing of syringes and needles (drug injectors), and accidents in which health care providers are stung with a needle or hit by secretion from a contaminated patient. Thus,… Continuar lendo HEPATITIS C
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SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS What is it? Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory disease of unknown cause. Disease outbreak is triggered by unknown external agents (virus, bacteria, chemical agents, ultraviolet radiation) entering the immune system of an individual having various genes that wrongly induce an inadequate production of antibodies. . These antibodies are directed against… Continuar lendo SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS