I got a very difficult situation. I am pregnant (15 weeks). By Age I (I'm 40 years old) I am in the risk group (congenital pathology of the fetus). I need to do an invasive medical - genetic diagnosis. But I was diagnosed: cron. hepatitis C, replicative phase, HCV-RNA +, min. degree of activity in clinical - biochem. indicators. Tell me, is there a danger of infection of the fetus at invaziivnom study? And if I suffered acute hepatitis C in the first trimester (4-6 weeks), what is the probability that the virus entered the bloodstream of the fetus?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist Yes, the probability of infection of the fetus in invasive examination exists. Hard to say about the possibility of contamination of the child, if you have had acute hepatitis C. A similar question: ... to my problem. Diagnosed with hepatitis C, "put me in the ... that this virus is in the form ...