Blood Flew in May Eyes

[xinsheng41]

Yesterday we had a basketball tournament. The level of humidity is high so sweat very much. When we had a timeout yesterday my friend accidentally remove his sweat using his hand and the sweat accidentally flew to my eyes. i felt sweat hit my eyes.

If there's a blood in his sweat and flew to my eyes. do you think i will have risk in hepatitis c?

[still_above_dirt]

I also saw somewhere online once that blood splash into mucousal membranes was an attack vector albeit  on the order of risk like eyes, but I could not find an authoritative website like CDC to reference for that one.

[mikesimon]

Thanks for that information.
I never heard of that method of transmission before.

Mike

[still_above_dirt]

From http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/hcvfaq.htm

"Although a few cases of HCV transmission via blood splash to the eye have been reported, the risk for such transmission is expected to be very low."

[Idyllic]

This forum is the Hepatitis Forum that has participation from people who actually have (or had) Hepatitis C. There is a tremendous amount of knowledge and insight on here.

If you prefer an expert response you ought to repost your question in the Hepatitis Expert Forum:
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Hepatitis/show/272

[mikesimon]

There is no risk.....just like Idyllic already told you.

[xinsheng41]

Any reply from expert member here.

[xinsheng41]

In Clear Question.

If blood flew in eyes of a person. it will be in high risk situation?

[Idyllic]

If there's a blood in his sweat and flew to my eyes. do you think i will have risk in hepatitis c?
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In a word, No. Hepatitis C is a blood borne virus. That means there has to be a blood to blood exchange. Blood contaminated with Hepatitis C has to somehow enter your blood stream.

So based on what you say you should be OK and at no risk