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How does someone get hepatitis c? |
How does someone get hepatitis c? Hepatitis B or C can be caught in different ways. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are spread by contact with infected blood or other body fluids of people who have hepatitis B or C infection. For example, you can get hepatitis B and C by having sex with an infected person. drinking out of someones glass, sexual contact or breathing by someone who has it Many different ways, but the basic is blood-to-blood contact. And Eren...if your answer is serious, you need to be educated. You cannot catch Hep C from breathing around someone who has it, or drinking from the same glass. This is from the CDC website. "Hepatitis C is a disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). You may be at risk for hepatitis C and should contact your medical care provider for a blood test if you: -were notified that you received blood from a donor who later tested positive for hepatitis C. -have ever injected illegal drugs, even if you experimented a few times many years ago -received a blood transfusion or solid organ transplant before July, 1992 -were a recipient of clotting factor(s) made before 1987 -have ever been on long-term kidney dialysis -have evidence of liver disease (e.g., persistently abnormal ALT levels) " http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepat... transfer of bodily fluid with infected person 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. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepat... |
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