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i hurt my self in the kitchen by mistake then my aunt and she is nurse and she has hepatitis c positive touched my wound site while she was put bandage on it and she was not wear gloves so the chances of transmission in this way high or low
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thank you very much ... i think i have to go with my life
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1491755 tn?1333201362
Unless her blood got into your wound the answer is no.  Was she bleeding?
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4333925 tn?1359102442
She would have to cut herself as well as your cut to even catch it. It is a blood on blood disease. Also talk to her she can tell you everything there is to know.
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hi please dont worry transmission that way is EXTREMELY unlikely, and i dont suppose for one moment that your aunt who is a nurse would put you in any danger so please dont fret. Take care
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