Hello, not long ago I was diagnosed with hepatitis C: HCV positive, PCR positive virus was released into the blood, the genotype 1B. I want to know whether to start treatment with this genotype or wait when science still move forward. If you start treatment, the question of where best to Magnitogrske, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Moscow - remotely without interrupting work. Is it possible for you to get counseling, what is the cost of treatment in genotype 1B.

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist For genotype 1b hepatitis C virus is very often a need for a biopsy of the liver. According to the results of the biopsy, we solve the need of antiviral treatment with interferon combined with ribavirin. The most effective treatment for hepatitis C is about 50 thousand rubles. per month. The treatment duration of 11 months. Similar question: ... I have found at blood donation (TTV general) PCR - positive. What is it? And it can be treated at all ...