Frequency of Hepatitis B infection among Hemodialysis Patients at Aljomih Center, Elobied, Sudan, 2024

Abstract

Background and objectives: Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver due to viral infection and leads to significant morbidity and mortality. The HBV is highly infectious and the virus can be spread through vertical transmission or horizontal transmission by exposure to blood, body fluid of infected individuals. HBV infection is considered as major public health problems worldwide. This study aimed to find out Frequency of Hepatitis B infection among Hemodialysis Patients at Aljomih Center, Elobied, Sudan, 2024. Method and patients: this Descriptive cross-sectional facility- based study included all patients of hemdialysis at Aljomih center during the study period (126 patients). Results: the study showed that 8 (6.3%) of hemodialysis patients have Hepatitis B infection. Most individuals were males 97 (77.0%), and 8 (6.3%) of them were HBV positive, 29 (27%) of patient were females. The patients were classified into four age groups. Moreover, 124 (98.4%) of the patients had previous blood transfusion and 8 (6.3%) were HBsAg positive. this study elucidated that 92 (73%) of participated were hypertensive and 2 (1.58%) of them were HBsAg positive. On the other hand, 10 (7.9%) of hemodialysis patients included in this study were diabetics and all of them were HBsAg negative. Conclusion: The prevalence of hepatitis B infection among HD patient was generally high (6.3%). More effort should be done to reduce this frequency of HBV among hemodialysis patients.