Abstract:
Thrombocytopenia is a major problem for the patients with
chronic hepatitis C. It has a multifactorial pathophysiology with many different mecanisms. Its presence may be
a limiting factor when considering antiviral therapy and
may be associated with decreased sustained virological
response rates.
Thrombocytopenia can increase the risk of bleeding and
may impede the initiation of different invasive diagnostic
and therapeutic procedures. Eradication of HCV infection
is the most practical strategy for the remission of thrombocytopenia. The recent change in DAAs without IFN, as the
frontline therapy for HCV, permit to avoid the dilemmas
associated with initiating or maintaining IFN based antiviral therapy.