JEDDAH, 23 August 2007 — Saudi consultant Dr. Khaled Al-Qahtani, head of the liver unit at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, is calling for a hepatitis test to be added to the premarital medical tests, which include tests for genetic compatibility due to the propensity for consanguineous marriages in Saudi society.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80 percent of hepatitis patients allow their disease to become a chronic and 20 percent develop cirrhosis; five percent of the 20 percent would have liver cancer in the following 10 years of their lives.
Hepatitis is a highly infectious disease that is easier to contract than AIDS. It is transmitted by blood and other body fluids.
There are vaccinations for Hepatitis, but they involve a series of three shots over a six-month period and many people are not vaccinated against the infection.read more
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