I have 30 weeks of pregnancy. At first appearance, at the time the analysis of HCV found anti-HCV. On advice from infectious disease acute hepatitis C have not revealed, made analysis of HCV RNA (qualitative research. The virus was not detected. In the third trimester, when re-delivery again found anti-HCV, HCV RNA (kaches. study) was not detected . Infectiologist says that the identification of anti-HCV without the presence of the virus may be changing immune status of the body due to pregnancy, and hepatitis CM is not connected. Before pregnancy, a month I passed all the tests, no anti-HCV was detected. Tell what you can get tested in addition to still figure out which is why there are anti-HCV, because I really do not want to give birth in the infectious ward? and why are they still there?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist You can give birth in the family.'s house conventional profile. The presence of antibodies may be due to pregnancy. antibodies without HCV RNA did not tell us about hepatitis. A similar question: "... treatment of a pregnancy . We have passed the tests: anti-HCV total - put., Anti-HCV (confirmed) - positive ...