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Blood in the Food
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I would like to ask if theres a chance to get a hepatitis b or c virus in the food if the server have scratch to his hand...
I buy a food yesterday and i noticed that the server have a scratchd to his hand and hit the food with his finger with his scracth..stupid me that i ate the food... after i ate the food i remember that hepatitis b and hepatitis c can get in the blood it is a bloodborne disease...theres a chance that i get the hepatitis if the blood is there in the food and i ate the food?
I would like to ask if theres a chance to get a hepatitis b or c virus in the food if the server have scratch to his hand...
I buy a food yesterday and i noticed that the server have a scratchd to his hand and hit the food with his finger with his scracth..stupid me that i ate the food... after i ate the food i remember that hepatitis b and hepatitis c can get in the blood it is a bloodborne disease...theres a chance that i get the hepatitis if the blood is there in the food and i ate the food?
Hepatitis A is spread through food.
Get a hep A vaccination and you'll never have to worry about it.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The hepatitis A virus is found mostly in the stools and blood of an infected person about 15 - 45 days before symptoms occur and during the first week of illness.
You can catch hepatitis A if:
You eat or drink food or water that has been contaminated by stools (feces) containing the hepatitis A virus (fruits, vegetables, shellfish, ice, and water are common sources of the hepatitis A virus)
You come in contact with the stool or blood of a person who currently has the disease
A person with hepatitis A does not wash his or her hands properly after going to the bathroom and touches other objects or food
You participate in sexual practices that involve oral-anal contact
About 3,600 cases of hepatitis A are reported each year. Because not everyone has symptoms with hepatitis A infection, many more people are infected than are diagnosed or reported.
Risk factors include:
International travel, especially to Asia or South or Central America
IV drug use
Living in a nursing home or rehabilitation center
Working in a health care, food, or sewage industry
Other common hepatitis virus infections include hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Hepatitis A is the least serious and mildest of these diseases. The other hepatitis infections may become chronic illnesses, but hepatitis A does not become chronic.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001323/
Hector
Get a hep A vaccination and you'll never have to worry about it.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The hepatitis A virus is found mostly in the stools and blood of an infected person about 15 - 45 days before symptoms occur and during the first week of illness.
You can catch hepatitis A if:
You eat or drink food or water that has been contaminated by stools (feces) containing the hepatitis A virus (fruits, vegetables, shellfish, ice, and water are common sources of the hepatitis A virus)
You come in contact with the stool or blood of a person who currently has the disease
A person with hepatitis A does not wash his or her hands properly after going to the bathroom and touches other objects or food
You participate in sexual practices that involve oral-anal contact
About 3,600 cases of hepatitis A are reported each year. Because not everyone has symptoms with hepatitis A infection, many more people are infected than are diagnosed or reported.
Risk factors include:
International travel, especially to Asia or South or Central America
IV drug use
Living in a nursing home or rehabilitation center
Working in a health care, food, or sewage industry
Other common hepatitis virus infections include hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Hepatitis A is the least serious and mildest of these diseases. The other hepatitis infections may become chronic illnesses, but hepatitis A does not become chronic.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001323/
Hector
Hrsepwrguy is correct, Hepatitis B & C cannot be spread by contaminated food or water.
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