The boy is 14 years old, he had chronic hepatitis C. Does this mean that he necessarily will develop cirrhosis of the liver? And what's the difference between a carrier of hepatitis C and chronic diseases?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist Cirrhosis develops in 30 - 40% of patients with chronic hepatitis C 30 years after infection. It all depends on how the disease will occur. The lower activity of the disease, the less the likelihood of developing cirrhosis. When carriers of the hepatitis C virus, blood chemistry is normal, ie, liver function is not disrupted, as in hepatitis C - elevated ALT, AST, GGT, ALP. Similar question: "... the child is a carrier of the virus HS (his mother is sick ... What does this mean? Will ...