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Hepatitis A, B, C.. Can you get it from sharing cups and drinks?

Anybody know if you can get hepatitis A, B, and C from sharing cups and drinks with carriers?

No, you won't get it from sharing cups and drinks. You do not get hep C from sexual intercourse except in very rare conditions. My husband has had hep c for over 40 years and I still don't have it. Hep C is transmitted by blood to blood.
Hep B is the one you can get from bodily fluids (sex) and also blood to blood contact
Hep A is passed from not washing the hands after coming into contact with contaminated food or water or feces. Food workers often pass this type of hep. It can also be transmitted by eating partially cooked shell fish and from the baby changing tables that are in many stores....

you missed Type D

anything with your blood spreads it if infected , ie razors, toothbrush

A at risk and how its caught..

~Travellers to countries with high or intermediate epidemic endemicity of hepatitis A virus infection
~Men who have sex with men
~ Users of injection and non-injection illegal drugs
~ Persons with clotting factor disorders
~ Persons working with nonhuman primates susceptible to hepatitis A virus infection A virus infection prevented
~Get a Vaccination with the full, two-dose series of hepatitis A vaccine is the best way to prevent hepatitis A virus infection. Have Good hygiene 鈥?including hand washing or use of hand sanitizer after using the bathroom, changing nappies, and before preparing or eating food 鈥?is also integral to hepatitis A prevention, given that the virus is transmitted through the feacal鈥搊ral route.


B

Occurs when blood from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not infected
Through having sex with an infected person without using a condom
By sharing drugs, needles, or "works" when injecting drugs,
Through needle sticks or sharps exposures on the job
From an infected mother to her baby during birth



C

*Occurs when blood from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not infected. HCV is spread through sharing needles or "works" when "shooting" drugs, through needlesticks or sharps exposures on the job, or from an infected mother to her baby during birth.

D

Occurs when blood from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not immune. HBV is spread through having sex with an infected person without using a condom (the efficacy of latex condoms in preventing infection with HBV is unknown, but their proper use may reduce transmission); sharing drugs, needles, or "works" when "shooting" drugs; through needlesticks or sharps exposures on the job; or from an infected mother to her baby during birth.

Hepatitis
... hepatitis C virus can be very similar to those of the hepatitis A and B viruses. ... Although hepatitis C can be spread from a mother to her fetus during ...
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Hep C is spread by direct contact with infected blood (sharing needles for drug use, sharing razors, sharing toothbrushes), but is rarely spread by sexual intercourse. Hep C is not spread by sharing cups and drinks.

Yes you can get Hepititas A, and b from drinks but you can only get Hepititas c from sexual intercourse

hepatitis c - sexual intercoarse or sharing needles

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