AdamczykGruszka Olga, LewandowskaAndruszuk Izabela, Wrześniewska Marzena, Gruszka Jakub, KomarGruszka Karolina. Primary biliary cirrhosis in pregnancy. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(6):212-226. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1283133 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5557 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/866664 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.05.2018. Revised: 18.05.2018. Accepted: 05.06.2018. Primary biliary cirrhosis in pregnancy Olga AdamczykGruszka1, Izabela LewandowskaAndruszuk2, MarzenaWrześniewska3, Jakub Gruszka4, Karolina KomarGruszka5 1Olga Adamczyk – Gruszka PhD: Departament of Prophylaxis In Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland, e- mail: kasia.kielce@poczta.fm, mobile phone: 605233038, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1295-009X 2Izabela Lewandowska-Andruszuk Phd Departament of Perinatology and Obstetric - Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7465-2667 3Marzena Wrześniewska MA: Department of Nursing Skills and Labour Organization, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7148-4995 4Jakub Gruszka: Junior Assistant in II Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9701-4502 5Karolina Komar-Gruszka: doctor in Ophthalmological Department of the prof. dr hab. n. med. Jan Bogdanowicz Children's Hospital, Warsaw, Poland, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8560-6794 Summary Introduction Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic hepatic condition presumably of immune etiology. In genetically predisposed patients, progressing immunization of the liver is stimulated by environmental or infectious agents. As a result of ill-targeted immune response antimitochondrial autoantibodies M2 (AMA-M2) are produced. They slowly damage fine intrahepatic biliary ducts with typical inflammatory response and subsequent cholestasis, often progressing to hepatic cirrhosis and liver failure, and if it has reached 4 stage, primary hepatic cancer. PBC is most frequently diagnosed in women after the age of 30. It is 13 times more frequent in females than in males. Currently, PBC is often diagnosed at the asymptomatic stage or when nonspecific symptoms have developed, i.e. fatigue or pruritus. Biochemical tests present elevated cholestatic markers, and immune tests detect elevated autoimmune antibodies AMA and IgM. In advanced cases of hepatic cirrhosis, liver transplant is considered as a final treatment. Case study The patient, a 31-year old woman, CI PI, with PBC was first seen in 7 hbd. Her medical history revealed PBC had been diagnosed a year earlier. First clinical symptoms occurred 5 years ago, treated with Proursan. The patient was hospitalized 5 times, i.e. in 30, 36, 37, 38 and 39 hbd, among others, for threatening preterm delivery and cholestasis, and later for liver dysfunction associated with PBC, and for labor. In 39 hbd delivery was induced, and she gave birth (naturally) to a live neonate, female, weighing 2,830g, body length 52 cm, Apgar score 9-10. The liver function improved after the delivery and stabilized. The patient is followed up, treatment with Proursan continued. Pregnancy in patients with PBC is associated with mother’s exacerbated condition, especially in the third trimester and puerperium. The aforementioned case study shows that with proper care successful management and termination of pregnancy is safe for both mother and her baby. Key words: primary biliary cirrhosis, pregnancy, labor