Hepatitis Queensland (HQ) has announced the theme for this year’s World Hepatitis Day (28 July) is focused around liver health with the general public encouraged to ‘Find the Hero Inside you’.
The campaign will highlight the important role the liver plays in performing over 500 functions and why it’s important to keep it healthy.
To keep your liver in tip-top shape, so it can do all the heavy lifting your body needs, everyone is encouraged to eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly, use alcohol responsibly and ask their GP for a hepatitis test.
Queenslanders from all walks of life can have hepatitis B or C and it is still important to have a conversation with a doctor, however people aren’t coming forward for several reasons including not knowing they are living with the virus, or not being aware of recent advances in treatment.
Hepatitis C treatment is simple, tablets daily for 8-12 weeks, little to no side- effects and cures around 95% of people. Hepatitis B can be prevented through vaccination.