With the increasing number of students testing positive for Hepatitis B, Ndejje University Health Centre has embarked on testing and treating of the deadly disease among the staff and students.
While speaking as the guest speaker at the Ndejje University Rotaract Fellowship over the weekend, the institution’s doctor, John Kamulegeya, expressed his concern about the escalating levels of the disease and committed to do his best.
“we are currently testing for the Hepatitis B Virus at the University Health Centre. We are also engaging some partners to provide for us the vaccine at a reduced cost such that students can get vaccinated,” Dr Kamulegeya said.
Dr Kamulegeya added that the university is also set to embark on sensitization and treatment of the disease, adding “if all goes well the treatment is set to commence on 4th of November this year”.
The good news is that most cases of the disease don’t last a long time. Your body fights it off within a few months, and you’re immune for the rest of your life. That means you can’t get it again.
About Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is an infection of your liver. It can cause scarring of the organ, liver failure, and cancer. It can be fatal if it isn’t treated. It’s spread when people come in contact with the blood, open sores, or body fluids of someone who has the hep B virus.
Hepatitis B is a lung disease that causes inflammation of the lungs. Studies show it occurs in one of every four adults and is transmitted through contact with infected blood, body fluids, sharing sharp blades or tattoo needles, mother to child infection, and through sex with infected persons.
The symptoms are fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, yellow coloration of the eye among others.
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