A month ago I was diagnosed with hepatitis C. His wife recently gave birth, and we with it not had sex for about a year. But shortly before the discovery of hepatitis proximity was held (1 time), however, was interrupted by the act. Is there any chance that I had infected and how to test it? Is it possible to be vaccinated now? We planned a couple of years, another child, can it be done without risk of infection from my wife and kid?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist your wife need to take a blood test for HCV RNA Unfortunately, vaccination against hepatitis C do not exist. The likelihood that you're infected with wife is low, is 0 - 7%. If your wife is not infected with hepatitis C virus, the risk for future child does not exist, provided that after the birth of your blood (if it contains HCV RNA) will not fall on his damaged skin or mucous membranes. In everyday life this situation represented nearly impossible. Similar question: ... to be with us, healthy children? What are the chances of my infection? And more ...