Should I get tested

[Tu5123]

So I was taking a shower and my roommate recently told me that she has hepitiatis. She got hep when she was a young child. Her razor was sitting on her side of the shower and my arm hit it and scratched my thigh and started to bleed. I am very worried that I might have contracted hep from the razor. Should I go and get tested or should I stop worrying?

[flyinlynn]

What kind of Hepatitis? Hepatitis A or B or C? Is she currently infected or has she been treated and cured?

If she has hep c currently and has not yet treated and cured her hep c there might be a very very small risk so you may want to wait at least 12 weeks and have an anyibody test done.

If she does have hep c and has not treated she should see her doctor to get treated with the new medicines and get cured of her infection.

None the less there is no point in worrying about this. Simply get tested and if positive get treated and get cured either way zero to worry about.

For hep A or B ask in those forums. Hep A by the way is food borne so not a risk

[Tu5123]

She told me that she got it when she was young but did not tell me what type of hep she had.

[flyinlynn]

You should ask her. If it was hep A that is through food and resolves on its own. It is not blood borne so there would be no risk from the razor scratch.

Just have a conversation say you had tha accidental scratch and let her help you.