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Do i have hep c?

I had an sexual encounter with a hep c positive female. First we were doing foreplay for a little while,
then we were going into sex. I put it in without a condom one time but I took it out and stopped to put a condom on... Then the sex stopped because somebody came into the room. Then i took the condom off and went to the bathroom to clean up. I seen a little bit of blood and some on my fingers (No Cuts).. I cleaned it up thoroughly. So do you think I have a chance of contracting hep c?
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I understand your concern, but I'd say it's extremely unlikely you contracted the virus.  The easiest way to know for sure is a simple blood test.  Studies have been done where couples had been together for 20 years or more, one infected with HCV and one not, and had unprotected sex.  The person who was not infected never caught it from the person who did have HCV.  So you're pretty safe, not guaranteed, but pretty safe.
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Right, I know its not it just the part that blood was involved
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hep c is not an std.  too much information for me.
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