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Hepatitis C May Flare In New Mothers During Postpartum Period.

Women's Health Weekly

| July 05, 2001 | Nichols, Sonia | COPYRIGHT 2001 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

2001 JUL 5 - (NewsRx Network) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors caution that females who are hepatitis C virus (HCV) carriers may be at risk for hepatitis flare shortly after giving birth.

Physicians in Taiwan have reported a case of a new mother developing hepatitis flare one month after her delivery, even though her HCV levels had declined during pregnancy.

According to Jin-De Chen. National Taiwan University College of Medicine, the woman gave birth to a daughter during an uncomplicated delivery, with her virus levels, monitored during each trimester, remaining low and even declining by the end of her pregnancy. In addition, serum markers to assess liver function became normal during gestation.

Suddenly, a month into the postpartum period the patient's HCV RNA levels rose, and serum markers for liver function increased by more than 20 times values considered normal, igniting a hepatitis flare. Chen and coworkers reported ("Post-partum acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis in a hepatitis C-carrier mother." Journal of Gastroenterology and ...

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