Can I contact Hepatitis from vestigial traces left in my grandmother's blood sample?

Question

She had it many years before. But it has become asymptomatic since. Small traces of it was discovered in a recent blood test sample.

Do vestigial traces post a risk?

1. I have taken vaccination before, what is the chance of me contracting this disease.

2. what is the risk of me becomeing a asymptomatic vector?

please help!

Answer 1

Sorry I can not find the answer but I think you need to call or talk to a health care professional about this

Answer 2

Which Hepatitis are you talking about?

If it's Hep B, then the vaccination you had is preventing you from contracting the disease, or becoming a carrier for it.

If it's Hep C, then there is no vaccination, and yes, you can become infected while handling her bodily fluids. I'll assume that you are her caregiver in some sense, I would recommend that you use latex gloves when dealing with fluids. You don't need them to just be her grandchild though, you can be in her house and around here without any risk.

Answer 3

Any amount of hepatitis poses a risk. In hospitals, we actually worry more about that than about AIDS.

But if you've been vaccinated, that cuts the risk down significantly. Assuming you have been vaccinated for the same Hep. (A, B, or C. Hep B is the most common.)

You should schedule a test ASAP just to be safe.

Answer 4

it is safe to say YES if the contaminated blood somehow entered your blood stream (for HCV) otherwise it could transmit blood or other bodily fluids (HBV)

there really is no such thing as asymptomatic-doctors just intepret them as something else. there are many bi-directional diseases with both HCV and HBV. get tested!

There is no vaccine for Hepatitis C!

good luck!

Answer 5

Hepatitis needs bodily fluids to transmit. If your parents are cleared by the doc (Dr. Doom?), then you should be ok. just try not to handle grandma's blood anymore.

B-Cool

Answer 6

I'm thinking yes. Please contact your physician asap for tests.