can a grandfather with hepatitis c transfer the virus to his daughters unborn child since both live in same ho

Question

my husband has hepatitis c and my daughter was pregnant had a baby who now is four months old and has liver cirrohsis and now needs a transplant. is this coincedental?

Answer 1

Slim chance.
Does the bab have a congenital blocked bile duct. That would cause it.

problem begins with inflammation in the smallest ducts in the liver. In time, the inflammation spreads to and destroys nearby liver cells. As these cells are destroyed, they're replaced by scar tissue (fibrosis) and over a period of years, the combination of ongoing inflammation, scarring and toxicity from trapped bile can lead to cirrhosis — the irreversible scarring of liver tissue that makes it impossible for the liver to carry out essential functions.

An immune system disorder?
Most evidence suggests that primary biliary cirrhosis is an immune system disorder. The initial inflammation begins when T lymphocytes (T cells) — white blood cells that normally recognize and help defend the body against bacteria and fungi — invade and destroy the epithelial cells lining the small bile ducts. The T cells also produce chemicals that stimulate the epithelial cells to secrete proteins that attract more T cells, thereby creating an ongoing cycle of damage.

This is a classic autoimmune scenario — a case in which the body's immune system turns against its own cells. But not everything about primary biliary cirrhosis is classic. For one thing, no cases of the disease have ever been diagnosed in children, even though autoimmune disorders usually begin in childhood. For another, unlike most autoimmune diseases, primary biliary cirrhosis doesn't usually respond to drugs that suppress the immune system. For these and other reasons, researchers suspect that other factors play a part in the disease, such as:

Genetics. Primary biliary cirrhosis isn't transmitted from parent to child and so isn't considered a hereditary disease. Yet because it seems to run in families, researchers suspect that some people may inherit certain immune system defects that make them more susceptible to the disorder. Other immune system genes may play a role in disease progression.
Infection. For decades, researchers have suspected that primary biliary cirrhosis might result from a bacterial, fungal or parasitic infection. That would explain the massing of T cells in the small bile ducts and why the disease has some anomalies that distinguish it from other autoimmune disorders. But no commonplace infections have been linked to primary biliary cirrhosis, and scientists are now focusing their attention on retroviruses, the same type of virus that causes HIV/AIDS.

Answer 2

Hello

Does the baby also have hep C? It would be impossible for the grandfather the pass the hep C to the baby. If the mother had hep C there would be a slight possibility she could have passed it to her new born, but Hep C takes 20 to 30 yrs before you start seeing damage like cirrhosis. I think this is a coincidence.

Answer 3

Hepatitis C from a mother to her unborn baby, the risk of transmitting the virus is not absent. Definitely related to direct transfer of blood, But because a grandfather has type c and he is around his daughter unborn child.
(No Way)!!

Answer 4

coincidence

Ask the doctors what the baby's cirrhosis is due to. It may be a congenital thing or due to many other forms of liver disease.

It is very unlikely to be due to grandfather's hep C unless they have been sharing needles or his is a very bad grandfather.

Answer 5

Hep C is transferred via blood and bodily secretions.