You can get hepatitis C if you:
Share needles and other equipment used to inject illegal drugs. This is the most common way to get hepatitis C in the United States. Sharing needles and other equipment (such as cotton, spoons, and water) used to inject drugs.
Having your ears or another body part pierced, getting a tattoo, or having acupuncture with needles that have not been sterilized properly. The risk of getting hepatitis C in these ways is very low.
Working in a health care environment where you are exposed to fresh blood or where you may be pricked with a used needle. Following standard precautions for health care workers makes this risk very low.
Had a blood transfusion or organ transplant before 1992. Starting in 1992, all donated blood and organs are screened for hepatitis C.
Have been exposed to unsafe practices for giving shots, such as reusing needles. This occurs in some developing countries.
Rarely, a mother with hepatitis C spreads the virus to her baby at birth, or a health care worker is accidentally exposed to blood that is infected with hepatitis C.
Experts are not sure whether you can get hepatitis C through sexual contact. If there is a risk of getting the virus through sexual contact, it is very small.
2006-07-31 14:09:09
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answered by scgleason74 3
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No. Hepatitis C is a blood born disease. You can only get it from getting blood from someone who has hep c into an open wound or somehow into your own blood stream. Even then, you may not get it. You could under those circumstances, but NEVER from a toilet seat.
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2006-07-31 16:54:14
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-11-03 10:14:00
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answered by overbay 4
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Yes if it hasn't been cleaned from person who has it
2006-07-31 13:58:43
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answered by mom of a boy and girl 5
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no . it could never transfer like that
2006-08-01 20:09:41
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answered by stylish 3
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