Viral hepatitis is one of the most prevalent diseases world wide and is the commonest cause of BODY WASH COCONUT cirrhosis and liver cancer.Chronic viral hepatitis can be caused by, HBV, HCV or HDV superimposed on HBV, these viruses may infect high - risk population such as intravenous drug abusers and hemophiliacs.In order to find out the chronic hepatitis in intravenous drug abusers in Hamadan province this study was carried out.The study was done as the forensic medicine of Hamadan province , in 1997-98.
The specimens was prepared as routine diagnostic method in Ring Holder histopathologic laboratories.Chronic hepatitis were found in 34(14.2%) cases that 29 (85%) of them were addict with 27 of cases intravenous drug abusers (93.1%) , and in 6 of cases with history of addiction there was no evidnence of the histological criterion of chronic hepatitis.
As other countries ,the majority of our cases were intravenous drug users and in active periods of life.