Hepatitis C.?

A friend of mine just recently died. He was an alcholic, his liver burst he bled all over his bed and floor. He was dead for 3 weeks before anyone found him. He had Hepatitis C. My question is that we cleaned his apartment over several weeks, can the hep c be airborne. If so should we get tested for this.

his liver did not "burst", rather he bled from esophageal varices, a common terminal event in cirrhosis of any etiology. You are not at risk for cleaning his apartment. HCV is spread by IV drugs, inhaling drugs like cocaine (i.e. snorting), blood transfusions (rare after 1994), also a probable risk is dirty tattos, body piercing. If you have any of these risk factors, then please get tested Source(s): I am a transplant hepatologist

Hep C is not airborne and cannot live in the environment for 3 weeks If that were the case we would all have AIDS and Hep C
I am hoping you and your friends wore gloves
when you cleaned out the apartment.
On the ambulance, when we clean the
ambulance out, and have to have contact with
dried blood and fresh blood, we wear gloves
and other things to protect us. If you handled
anything with blood on it or even where it may
have been splattered, I would get in touch with
your doctor and explain this to him and let
him decide whether you should have this
test done or not. Having even a slight cut in
your skin that you may not of noticed could
be a problem.
Hepatitis is not an air borne disease.
Here is a link that might help answer the
question better for you:
http://www.medicinenet.com/hepatitis_c/a...