HEPATITIS VIRAL EN LA GESTACION

Abstract

The first cause of jaundice in gestation is viral hepatitis that can be caused by at least five virus (A, B, C, D and E). The discovery of the virus that produce hepatitis C and hepatitis delta had made, before named hepatitis No A No B to be practically not mentioned and it is still believed that there is a posibility of finding other viruses. In this article the etiology, diagnosis and management of the different known virus causing hepatitis are revised, making emphasis in hepatitis B, demostrating it with a clinical case; hepatitis delta whose virus requires the presence of infection by virus of previous or concomitant hepatitis B and wich has special interest for having Colombia endemice zones with hepatitis delta; finally we will study hepatitis E that has characteristics similar to those of hepatitis A, being able to infect with more frequency the pregnant woman and it is here where the major index of morbid-mortality is found.