Hepatitis C through unprotected sex?? Urgent advice needed!!

[Ashman123]

Hello everyone,

A few days ago I had unprotected vaginal and anal sex on a drunken one night stand.The next morning she called me and told me she had hepatitis C!!  Around the same time I noticed a small ,very thin,papercut on my finger that could have happened up to an hour before the incident (perhaps even bleeding during).However it is extremely small. (less then 2 cm long).There was fingering involved,and she told me that she did infact notice some blood the next morning (because of the anal sex)
I rarely dont use condoms and I have never had any Stds.I have been told despite all this the risk is very low.I just wanted some advice on this subject.Obviously im getting tested asap.
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My questions are:

What are the chances of me contracting the virus from this one episode?  Am I at very high risk?

If she has a low viral load (she was born with it so im assuming she has),is it less contagious?


Any advice would be deeply appreciated...Im really stressing!!!

[Marc1955]

Trish - Point well taken. I do feel sorry for a kid who has HCV, binge drinks and engages in dangerous sexual activity. But it is just so irresponsible to do so. And I actually marvel that she called this kid after the fact. I don't think either of them realizes the seriousness of their actions.

[portann]

You've been very polite in this thread that I can see.

I'm glad you received some replies that are helpful to you. Now go get tested and abstain from drinking and sex until you get the results.

And I hope you treat that girl with respect - you were both drunk at the time and lost it.

One day she may be your hepatologist.

[Trish77]

"There is one person in this who behaved even more stupidly than you. That is your partner. She knows she has HCV and she engaged in unprotected vaginal and anal sex. You're going to love this one – as a responsible member of a college community you have an obligation to speak with someone in counseling or student life and report her behavior. She cannot be permitted to continue to engage is such behavior. It puts too many people at risk. "

I get the concern about anal sex due to the known risk of tearing and therefore risk of blood transmission.  Wondering why you included vaginal sex in there...it's not a risk factor unless the woman has her period.  That additional inclusion on your part is misleading.  While most of us feel an obligation to sexual partners to inform them we have HCV when it comes to ongoing relationships because generally come off in a monogamous relationship, from a pure transmission point of view, vaginal sex is not a risk.  HCV is not considered an STD the way HIV and HBV are.

Trish

[Marc1955]

No one is queazy about sex, I can assure you. You're the one who engaged in irresponsible activity. And what gets under my skin is that you continue to be dishonest. You said that this was a one time mistake. Do you honestly expect us to believe that this is the only time you had unprotected sex? You're not be honest with yourself or us. Go ahead and have a hissy fit. Did it ever dawn on you that if you do something really stupid, someone might say so.

You were taught about safe sex and for some reason you decided that it doesn't apply to you. That's stupid. Sorry if you got your feelings hurt. In the future, I hope you'll have the good sense to pack a few condoms in your kit and use them. Always.

There is one person in this who behaved even more stupidly than you. That is your partner. She knows she has HCV and she engaged in unprotected vaginal and anal sex. You're going to love this one – as a responsible member of a college community you have an obligation to speak with someone in counseling or student life and report her behavior. She cannot be permitted to continue to engage is such behavior. It puts too many people at risk.

Are you going to do the mature thing and do that? You are correct that this is a health issue. I'd love to see you take some responsibility.

[Ashman123]

Im not going to respond to this anymore.

To all the kind people who offered avaluable advice,thank you for the information and opinions.You all seem like great people and I wish you the best.

However there have been some really nasty people making ridiculous remarks.If your queasy about sex,then why the hell are you posting in this question??  I just find it really weird that in a medical forum people are commenting in such ways.

[Marcia2202]

Sorry if I stepped on anyone's feet. I have just been made aware that there had been some insults, which have been deleted. So the whole thread looks different. Sorry again!

Marcia