Getting hepatitis C unprotected sex? Please,some advice!!

[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 woulr be deeply appreciated...Im really stressing!!!

[auntiejessi]

Very low chance with the cut on your finger.  There is also no known benefit from taking anti-HCV meds.  

Unprotected anal can be very risky.  I'd also wonder if either of you have tested for HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, etc.

I would absolutely trust what Bill says - he is very active on the Hep C forum, and certainly knows his stuff.  (I'd certainly trust the others, but Bill has first hand knowledge of this stuff, too.)

Aj

[Ashman123]

Oh and yes Dallasfan,I am currently vaccinated for Hep A and B.

[Ashman123]

Thank you guys,

alll your opinions have been very helpful,much appreciated.

I was just wondering what do i have more risk of contracting it from,the actual sex,or the cut in my finger?

Know its a bit late,but I wish you all a great New Year!!

[Dallasfan]

The risk for acquiring Hepatitis C infection are very ,very minute given your contact. To Be sure your may want to test in 6 to 8 weeks. It would also be a good idea to get the Hepatitis B and A vaccines to protect you in the future. There is no Hepatitis C vaccine at present. Infectious disease specialists would not recommend prophalactic use of the meds to treat Hepatitis C as there is no information about their effectiveness to prevent post exposure disease. The meds are Ribaviron and Interferon A both together. And yes treatment is very expensive and side effects are moderately bad.. Even in the documented cases of patients with Hepatitis C the cure rate is very low..30 % at best. My recommendation is to NOT worry.. your risk is very low. Your testing would be at your option later. Hope this helps.

[Volodymyr]

I recommend you to be prescribed medications anti-HCV; under such circumstances, you will never know about getting or not getting disease. Drugs will cost a few hundreds.
If you wait for 2 months being infected, drugs will cost for one year treatment 28 thousands.

It is your decision!

[Bill1954]

While the risk of sexual transmission is thought to be quite low with HCV, anal sex might raise the risk some due to tissue tearing, resulting in a greater chance of blood to blood transfer. I’d be more concerned about HIV and Hepatitis B virus. It’s hard to conduct solid studies about this for obvious reasons, so the knowledge base for this includes anecdotal reports. Best to schedule a STD panel, including a Hep panel in the future. The HCV screening test will require you wait a few months for antibodies to develop; discuss this time frame with your doctor.

Best—

Bill

[Vance2335]

Well you can get it through sex, it is a way to get Hep C. Any 1 incident is low risk but vaginal and anal sex would increase the risk. I can't give you a number but it is a risk.

This is the extent of my knowledge of Hep C. Others will post to help you out.