Estudo preliminar da prevalência das manifestações reumatológicas na infecção pelo VHC em doadores de sangue

Abstract

Hepatitis C is an infection caused by a virus that has primary tropism for liver and mononuclear blood cells. It’s believed that this tropism, allied with the extended permanence of the C virus in the host, explains the importance and frequency of the extra-hepatic involvements of the Chronic Hepatitis by this virus. Among the extra-hepatic manifestations, the rheumatologic can be mentioned as the most frequent ones. Intending to contribute for a better comprehension of the rheumatological manifestations in the infection for VHC, the main objective of this study was to establish their prevalence in carriers of the VHC blood donors, selected by the HEMOPA Foundation and in accompaniment at the clinic of the Nucleus of Tropical Medicine of the UFPA. 34 carrying VHC patients were evaluated through the research protocol; the ones who presented complaint or reumatológicas manifest had been taken care of by rheumatologist, with execution of physical investigation and laboratorial on the cases in which theses procedures where was considered essential. Since our work was restricted to the analysis of a small number of individuals (n = 34), it becomes necessary to extend the study population in order to confirm the prevalence of the reumatological manifestations among the carriers of the VHC.