mothers passing hep-c

Can a mother pass the hepatitis c are b to their unborn babys by just being a carrier, my exwife and i both had it . That was 27 years ago that our daugther was born . Should i ask her to get tested ?

[James10500]

Hep C yes, I know nothing about hep B as it is not related to HCV except for the affected organ.

[Interfurgen]

I kinda thought so deep down i knew that i may have to ask my kid to get check one day it is something that i must do. but am look foreward to it thanks you for the infomation.

[Bill1954]

The incidence of HCV transmission from mother to child occurs in about 5% of pregnancies. If you’re wife was HCV positive at that time, it might be a good idea for your daughter to ask for screening; the odds of her being infected this way was very low, though.

Yes, Hep B is commonly passed on to the fetus; and if it is, I’m pretty sure there’s a high risk of it developing into chronic infection.

Bill

[Bill1954]

“A landmark study which provided the most accurate information regarding vertical transmission was published in Hepatology in 2000. In this study, 15,250 consecutive pregnant women were screened for HCV, 370 of whom had evidence of viral infection. Overall vertical transmission rate was 5.1% and was seen exclusively in mothers who had detectable viremia by PCR. Genotype, viral load, vaginal vs. cesarean delivery, breast feeding or HIV co-infection were not associated with transmission.”

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hcsp/articles/Mother_child_2006.html

--Bill

[eureka254]

The presence of hep b and hep c antibodies would not put a fetus at risk for infection; even with hep c (and hep b and these days, even hiv) infection, vertical transmission rates are low, though a bit higher for hep b.  It's important to understand active viral infection does not necessarily translate to fetal infection; most often vertical transmission is attributed to factors OTHER than placental or even circulatory transmission (such as membrane invasion/rupture or trauma at delivery).  Hope that helps. ~eureka

[Interfurgen]

thank yous both another question on is what is vertical transmission could i look it up in say pubmed.gov are do you toos have a little easyer answer for me

[eureka254]

"mother pass the hepatitis c are b to their unborn babys" = vertical transmission