Zdravstvuiyte! My son (14 years) hepatitis C. The treatment is from April of last year. The first 3 months were treated: every day an injection Roferon, results were good, all the indices were normal. then switched to less expensive realdiron. After the control tests after 3 months it was found that quantitative index was above normal in 3 times. Repeat the test once again the result is the same in the 3-fold increase in quantitative figures. Liver ultrasound: the size of the norm, but uniform diffuse changes in the structure of the liver. What to do next? How to treat? Is it possible to continue treatment Roferon, or pause, as we are advised by our physician, or to continue treatment with other medicines?

Respond Stanislav Y. Karpov, hepatology, gastroenterology, hepatology and gastroenterology clinic Medal must make a pause of 6 months and start a second course of treatment, but other interferon, pegylated interferon is better (though it's expensive), such as Pegasys and PegIntron (injection is 1 time per week). If treated with short-interferon (Intron A), then the injections should be done every day. And always in combination with ribavirin (Copegus or Rebetol), a similar question: "... direct bilirubin 4.8 (normal 0-5.1 micromol / l ... analysis of HBV DNA (Quantitative)<500 копий/мл(-) Анализы РНК ВГС (КОЛИЧЕСТВЕННЫЙ анализ)<500 копий/мл...