Unprotected Sex with co-worker who may have Hep C.

Good day. I work in healthcare. I had a night of unprotected  sexual intercourse with a co-worker. A few months later she tells me she may need to be treated for Hep C and is going to see a specialist due to abnormal lab results. Do I need to be concerned about Hep C? Thank you.

[uncledudeness]

you should get tested for your own peace of mind, but if you do some googling you will find out that HCV is rarely transmitted sexually.

also, be smart and wear a a rain coat

[HectorSF]

Chances are very low that you would get hepatitis c. Unless you were both bleeding.

Since you work in healthcare I would think you would be especially aware of contracting a STD when you decided to have unprotected sex. Hepatitis C is not a STD and is a very unlikely way of spreading the virus. Any person who has sexual relationships should be taking responsibility for their their own protection at all times and practice safeR sex. How do you know what other diseases she may have? She could have a disease that she is not even aware of.

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/sexFAQ.pdf

"What are the chances of spreading or getting HCV through sex?

The answer to that question is very complicated. There is a lot of confusion as to how hepatitis C is transmitted sexually.  First of all, it can be transmitted sexually but the data we have now tells us that it doesn't happen very often. The important thing to remember is that hepatitis C is spread most efficiently by direct blood-to-blood contact.

In order to transmit or become infected with hepatitis C, HCV-infected blood must get into one bloodstream from another person's bloodstream.  The most common ways you can get hepatitis C are from sharing needles and the stuff you use to inject drugs (needles,
cookers, cotton, ties, water, etc.).  The other common ways you can get hepatitis C are from a blood product and/or a blood transfusion you received before 1992.  People who undergo hemodialysis treatments (blood filtering) are also at risk.  Less common ways that HCV is transmitted are from an HCV positive mother who can pass it on to her baby,
but this doesn’t happen very often.  The ways that hepatitis C can be transmitted that don’t happen very often include sexual transmission, tattoos, piercings, straws to snort drugs and sharing hygiene items such as toothbrushes and razor blades."

Hectorsf

[Fritzlop]

Not very likely to catch hcv by sex.  Not impossible, but highly unlikely.