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How I Got Mine
I'm curious to know how some people contracted Hep C. I had multiple hip replacements prior to 1992. Before 1992, there was no definitive test for Hep C in the blood donor pool.
I had several blood transfusions prior to 1992. I never did drugs or contacted anyone who was bleeding (no rough sex). So, the doctor deduced that the blood transfusion was the cause for my Hep C. How about you?
Magnum
I had several blood transfusions prior to 1992. I never did drugs or contacted anyone who was bleeding (no rough sex). So, the doctor deduced that the blood transfusion was the cause for my Hep C. How about you?
Magnum
Oh no.......no no no not another one....
No you can't get HCV from blood to saliva. As one of our infamous members has stated you could pour infected blood on a salad like dressing and eat it and you will NOT contract HCV.
As for sex the statistics say less than 3%. If you think that is a lot of people then I dont know what to say. If you are both bleeding and are not practicing safeR sex then it's possible but not likely at all.
No you can't get HCV from blood to saliva. As one of our infamous members has stated you could pour infected blood on a salad like dressing and eat it and you will NOT contract HCV.
As for sex the statistics say less than 3%. If you think that is a lot of people then I dont know what to say. If you are both bleeding and are not practicing safeR sex then it's possible but not likely at all.
Brushing at least 2X a day and flossing, maybe throw in a dentist visit or 2 a year....enough said
Any blood to blood contact will transmit the disease, sex is not a high risk category for transmission from what i have read, not like Hep B which can be transimitted by some other fluids as well as blood. Unless both parties are bleeding during sex, then probably not going to transmit...at least from what i have read and heard from my Doctor.
Any blood to blood contact will transmit the disease, sex is not a high risk category for transmission from what i have read, not like Hep B which can be transimitted by some other fluids as well as blood. Unless both parties are bleeding during sex, then probably not going to transmit...at least from what i have read and heard from my Doctor.
how many times have u brushed ur teeth to see blood??? think about it, we keep blaming medeical, but it could also be simple as this, i do not understand why the brochures do not speak about this risk?
many ppl have bleeding gums which could spread this via making out!!!
many ppl have bleeding gums which could spread this via making out!!!
alot of ppl actully get it from having SEX!!!! thats one thing u guys need to realise, if u have bleeding gums and u make out with a hep c person with bleeding gums, THEN U CAN GET IT!!!!!
Having being diagnosed with acute hcv last year I know exactly when I contracted it and had symptoms. I have no risk factors other than 2 medical exposures. There is nothing else. AND, while I obsessed about it when I got the Red Cross letter, a year later and post tx, yes, I will always wonder because if it happened to me with my nerdy life style, then it scares me how may others could be infected. I think "THEY" just don't know how many we are.
I think it is important to look at people like me, at my age and lifestyle, because it highlights the possibility of other methods of transmission and takes transmission out of the "druggie" perception. I think it is dangerous not to look at other possibilities instead of just paying lip service to it. Hypothetical, but even though I don't think my way of contracting this disease is somehow different or more tragic than if I used drugs, it bears consideration. We are all victims of a disease that deserves more research and open minds. AND PLEASE, to all of you who may have contracted hcv through drug use, believe me, my intention is not to differentiate myself, but only to say that it is important to bring more attention to this disease and dispel some of the misconceptions out there.
Best to all
I think it is important to look at people like me, at my age and lifestyle, because it highlights the possibility of other methods of transmission and takes transmission out of the "druggie" perception. I think it is dangerous not to look at other possibilities instead of just paying lip service to it. Hypothetical, but even though I don't think my way of contracting this disease is somehow different or more tragic than if I used drugs, it bears consideration. We are all victims of a disease that deserves more research and open minds. AND PLEASE, to all of you who may have contracted hcv through drug use, believe me, my intention is not to differentiate myself, but only to say that it is important to bring more attention to this disease and dispel some of the misconceptions out there.
Best to all
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