The 30-year-old is recovering addict from Louisville, and he shared
syringes with other addicts due to which now he has to lead a life with
hepatitis C. He said that this insanity goes with addiction and all he
wants was to die. He wasn’t left with any self-esteem and has become
dope-sick.
The same fate is shared by thousands of addicts in the area. The area of the country is among those hit hardest by intravenous heroin and painkiller abuse. The diseases that follow in their wake such as hepatitis and HIV have ravaged the region. It isn’t just affecting addicts and their families, but has been putting a wide swath of the population danger.
Last year, a drug-fueled HIV outbreak struck 191 people in Southern
Indiana, giving the epicenter Austin a higher incidence of the virus
causing AIDS in comparison to any other nation in sub-Saharan Africa.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention come up with subsequent report, which found that 220 US counties are highly vulnerable to a similarly rapid spread of HIV and hepatitis C in drug users. Nearly one-fourth of such counties belong to Kentucky.
Another recently CDC research showed that hepatitis, an insidious liver disease, is already on the peak in the area.
As per one study, acute hepatitis B has gone up 114% in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia from 2009-2013; however, the incidence stayed stable countrywide.
Another study discovered that the rate of new hepatitis C cases in people belonging to the age group of 30 and below have become over tripled from 2006-2012 in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The same fate is shared by thousands of addicts in the area. The area of the country is among those hit hardest by intravenous heroin and painkiller abuse. The diseases that follow in their wake such as hepatitis and HIV have ravaged the region. It isn’t just affecting addicts and their families, but has been putting a wide swath of the population danger.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention come up with subsequent report, which found that 220 US counties are highly vulnerable to a similarly rapid spread of HIV and hepatitis C in drug users. Nearly one-fourth of such counties belong to Kentucky.
Another recently CDC research showed that hepatitis, an insidious liver disease, is already on the peak in the area.
As per one study, acute hepatitis B has gone up 114% in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia from 2009-2013; however, the incidence stayed stable countrywide.
Another study discovered that the rate of new hepatitis C cases in people belonging to the age group of 30 and below have become over tripled from 2006-2012 in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
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