i know the ways you can catch hepatitus c,but i cant seem to find ways you can't contract the virus.i.e toilet

Question

my boyfriend was just diagnosed and i want to reassure others hes not contagious by being in the same room..

Answer 1

HCV corpuscles found in semen, vaginal fluid or saliva are NOT transmittable!!!!!

The only, REPEAT only way of contracting HCV is sharing sharps, ie, razors, toothbrushes, anything that might have his blood on it. HCV is ONLY REPEAT ONLY spread via infected blood.

HCV is not a "true" STD because blood has to be present and the blood has to transmit through the open wound of the other.

HCV IS NOT TRANSMITTED via kissing, drinking after someone who has it, crying, wiping their nose or coughing UNLESS there is the only transmission mode present: BLOOD EXPOSURE.

FOLKS! If you DO NOT know what you are talking about DO NOT ANSWER!

HCV is thought to spread via sexual intercourse where blood is present in about.06%-most studied were long term couples. Household exposure (sharps, sharing toothbrushes, razors) bring the .06% down to half at .03%.

A person risks having HCV tranmsitted getting nails done, hair shaved, tattoos or peircings....drug use is the sure-fire way of contacting HCV-even if you snort cocaine through a straw! (nose bleeds).

Most infections of HCV these days are through sharing drugs and having multiple partners (higher chance of STD's which leave sores are more capable of HCV infection...through contaminated BLOOD with HCV.

AGAIN. HCV IS ONLY TRANSFERRABLE VIA BLOOD!
HCV CORPUSCLES ARE NOT TRANSMITTABLE!!!!! (found in semen, vaginal and saliva).

Answer 2

Stefanie made some very good points. Hep c is transmitted only via infected blood.
My boyfriend was diagnosed more than a year ago and he most probably got it about ten years ago when he had a couple of tattoos done. We've been together (really close, almost all the time, no exaggeration, this is Love :) for five years and we hadn't taken any precautions before we found out. I'm still negative and we are expecting our healthy baby this spring.

Answer 3

Try www.cdc.gov or mayoclinic.com. Both of those places have lots of info regarding HepC. The CDC has info on all the types of Hepatitis, plus educational materials, free. Hepatitis scares people who don't know much about it, so you may have an uphill battle there- expecially if they participate in the risk behaviors that are the leading causes. It may not be fear of the disease so much as the desire to avoid having to see what could be their future. You also need to have some good info to avoid contracting it yourself, expecially if you have an intimate relationship. While HepC is primarily transmitted via blood, it is also know to happen through sexual contact- though not casual contact from toilets, cups, or the air. Good luck, and check those two sites. They will have what you are looking for I think.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You cannot catch it by hugging, a chaste kiss, or just being around the person.
The only way to transmit it is thropugh exchange of bodily fluids-- just like AIDS.

Answer 6

It's good to be aware of risk for contamination, but this was a shock to me, it can be transmitted by sharing toothbrushes, otherwise anything which causes exchange of body fluids.