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How do you get Hep B?

How do you get Hep B?

THis is really not a question.  I found out that I am Hep B positive last October.  I've never done drugs, had sex with anyone but my husband, etc.  My husband and I were tested at the same time because of an insurance exam.  He is negative.  During my health department interview, the Nurse asked if I shared nail clippers with anyone else?  I told her no, but I soon realized that I share nail clippers at the nail salons.  This is the only way I know I could have gotten this.  I was wondering if anyone else has heard of this.  

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Do you have test results indicating that some time in your life you were HBsAg negative?

Nail clippers, possible, but low possibility.
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No.  I googled hep b and nail salons and read some interesting facts.  I guess I will never know how I got it.
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Are you Asian?  Been treated at a hospital?
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No.
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Tough one.  Maybe an old roommate or something?

You may not know how you got it.  Are you chronic?  Genotyping might help narrow down the possibilities.

A nail salon could certainly be a source.  I haven't been to one in years b/c I have serious concerns about the salon staff not taking proper precautions and I once saw them put away their tools after using them on me instead of sterilizing them.  Now, they didn't cut me that day so there was no risk but it scared me.  I wouldn't want to infect someone else.  
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If you were never HBsAg negative as far as you know, could you have been infected as a baby/child?
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