Why does living with a partner infected by hepatitis B or hepatitis C increases one's risk for the disease?

Because you are in such close, intimate contact with the virus for protracted lengths of time.

Yes. Hepatitis B is spread through blood and body secretions. It's most often caught through sharing a needle, but the second most common way to catch it is through unprotected sex. A pregn...

Erica, It is difficult to say if you got Hep C (HCV), or not. Yes, I know that needle sticks are potentially a transmission point. On the other hand infergen is not injected into the blood stream...

Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Hepatitis B is one of the most common forms of viral hepatitis, which includes hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. But ...

yes it will shorten your life.but how much it will shorten depends on your health igiene.if you dont drink alcohol and take care of your liver you will surely live till 70.

I hate to break it to you but in studies of people with Hep C up to 14-20% never used IV drugs. That means those 14-20% non-iv drug user with Hep C got the virus probably thru sharing straws to sn...

it can. there is a very small chance, but, it is there. the "needle" that mosquitoes feed with, called the proboscis, is actually a complex structure that has separate channels. When...

I think other parts of the liver test would have come out bad also. Do some more research, and get all the results of your blood tests. I don't think you know enough about the tests they do ...