My brother has found chronic hepatitis C six years ago (now he is 26). Since then, he starts a serious relationship with the girls, as fears emerged rpbenok inherit the disease. Please tell me what is the probability of transmission of hepatitis C to children if the woman is completely healthy, and the man is sick? And, generally, is it possible to cure this disease in the modern world? How much is it treated?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist If a woman is healthy, the child must be born not infected with hepatitis C. Hepatitis C - it is completely curable disease to date. The cost of treatment is determined mainly genotype. If not genotype 1b treatment often amounts to 15 thousand rubles. per month, duration of treatment for 6 months. Genotype 1b treat 11 months. Chronic viral hepatitis C with genotype 1b is desirable to treat prolangirovannymi interferons (Pegasys, PegIntron). The cost of treatment of 52 thousand rubles. per month. Similar question: "... the course of acute hepatitis B. Now it was driven into the chronic hepatitis B, possibly a complete cure, and that ...