Chances of infection?

[worried93409]

I am a college student, age 20, and the only risk factor that I have for Hepatitis C is having used cocaine nasally 5-10 times.  I am pretty sure I used my own bill most of the time, but I know that at least 1-2 times I didn't.  The people I tried the drug with are all people I know and some I went to high school with in a relatively affluent neighborhood where there is basically no IV drug use.

I am getting tested, it having been about 8 months since the last time I tried that stupid drug.  How worried should I be about it, though? I am a big hypochondriac and reading the internet freaked me out.  I don't really hear of HCV being common at my school, but I am not certain as to how prevalent it is.

[worried93409]

Thank you very much.  I've just been reading stories and studies on the internet saying that HCV amongst college students is a 'silent epidemic' and cocaine is a major risk factor, etc.  

Thanks for the reassurance.  Also, how long should I expect to wait for results?  I have been STD tested at my Student Heatlh Center before and it takes about 5 days to get the results back from labcorp.  Also, how do results read?  Will it just say non-reactive?

[copyman]

You really have a very low risk factor with what you explain. Get tested to put your mind at ease but you can almost be certain that you will be negative. best of luck