EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PEDIATRIC NURSES ABOUT VIRAL HEPATITIS

Abstract

Vintl hepntil.is today I'C ill:IIII S Olll! or the lllost ituportant wrreul infedious diseases allover the world especi.llly in developing countries. Where in Egypt, viral hepatitis was reported to occurs as a11 end emic di scutic allover th e year. The out-brea ks of cases in th e form of an epidemics was noticed to occur w i t h peak ri se durinnutuJnll aud -> prin g (i\udcl Khalih et a.!., l99U).

Vir.al hcpulitis indica tes an inflammation of the liver, uu:J ll y ussociuLeu with ltepalocellulur d egeneration o r necrosis. Dt!JH!llding I)Jl ll w . diologknl ngentH. 'l'h e diHCIIHC uil'lcr in the modes of L'ran smi ssion and in both imnnmologic a nd clinical m a nifestations w hi ch varies widely ra11ging from an-icteric to severe h epa tic com a. From here, th e lreutment is simil ar for each viru s, but prevention a nd control vary greutely. rro date, li ve lypes of h epati tis v iruses h ave been idenLifi m.l. These a re h epatitis A, 13, C, lJ nnd E (S herloch, UJ R9 on d Gyngaardcn and Smi I h, l!J89).

Every yenr, arround 10 million people die from lhe conSelJU Cnce of ch ronic h epa titis B. 90% of children infected a t birth b(!Catll e chmni c carriers ns well us UO'XJ of the World\liver Ca ncer has hepa titis B v irus. While, Ill Egy pt, it i s variable