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Concerned about hepathithis C and bed sheet: please help
Goodmorning.
I have done a very stupid thing, and now I'm really concerned. I am very hypocondriac so my "illness" has changed a lot in these days (HIV, hepatithis...) but I need some reassurance or I'll explode. Seriously, I've been so anxious that I've also faintend in class, I can't sleep or eat anymore, I'm REALLY worried and I NEED, please, some help.
So, I've done this thing: received oral sex (from my girlfriend, not a casual person, I know she's not ill) in a really dirty bed in an abbandoned factory. I was drunk then, I didn't think about what I was doing. What are the chances of me having catched hepathtis C?
At first I thought I had HIV because of some "minor" synthoms of HIV I "had" (being hypocondriac those were probably nothing) but after a doctor told me that you can't catch HIV from an inanimate object, I've calmed myself, only to find myself switching my illness to hepathitis C. I didn't have any synthoms for this illness but I know it is often asynthomatic.
What are the chances of catching it this way?
Some additional infos:
-My penis didn't touch directy anything (but, her/my hands did, before touching my penis)
-there weren't any fresh or dried blood spots on the mattress
-Althought I didn't have any visible open cut or anything, I shaved my pube some days before, so maybe there were some micro / invisible cuts on it from where the virus could have entered.
-nobody has been in that factory for at least 2-3 weeks
-I live in italy.
I have done a very stupid thing, and now I'm really concerned. I am very hypocondriac so my "illness" has changed a lot in these days (HIV, hepatithis...) but I need some reassurance or I'll explode. Seriously, I've been so anxious that I've also faintend in class, I can't sleep or eat anymore, I'm REALLY worried and I NEED, please, some help.
So, I've done this thing: received oral sex (from my girlfriend, not a casual person, I know she's not ill) in a really dirty bed in an abbandoned factory. I was drunk then, I didn't think about what I was doing. What are the chances of me having catched hepathtis C?
At first I thought I had HIV because of some "minor" synthoms of HIV I "had" (being hypocondriac those were probably nothing) but after a doctor told me that you can't catch HIV from an inanimate object, I've calmed myself, only to find myself switching my illness to hepathitis C. I didn't have any synthoms for this illness but I know it is often asynthomatic.
What are the chances of catching it this way?
Some additional infos:
-My penis didn't touch directy anything (but, her/my hands did, before touching my penis)
-there weren't any fresh or dried blood spots on the mattress
-Althought I didn't have any visible open cut or anything, I shaved my pube some days before, so maybe there were some micro / invisible cuts on it from where the virus could have entered.
-nobody has been in that factory for at least 2-3 weeks
-I live in italy.
Hi Concerned Guy,
Hepcat7 is absolutely correct. Zero chance from this incident. Hepatitis C is a blood-to-bloodstream disease, which means someone's blood would have to get into a fresh open cut (i.e. bleeding) on your body. If you had cut yourself shaving, the cuts would have been sealed within a couple of hours. Cuts heal from the inside out, so even if a cut looks like it still might be open, that's just the top of it you are seeing - the bottom layers and blood vessels have sealed. Days later, any cuts would most definitely be sealed and on its way to being completely healed. Add to that the fact that someone with Hep C would have had to spilled some of there body on that bed recently, and the chances are non-existent. Even if there had been some Hep C positive blood there, you had a better chance of the old factory collapsing on top of you than contracting Hepatitis C.
Here is a statistic that may reassure you: Medical personnel who are working on a patient who is positive for Hepatitis C and accidentally stick themselves with a bloody needle only get infected at a rate of around 2%. Hospitals maintain accurate records of this and anyone who suffers a needle stick must report it to the hospital staff, so the numbers are dependable.
You do sound like you are suffering from GAD/OCD. I know because that's my problem. Take a look at the OCD section of this website - there are some great suggestions on how to fight your anxiety and stop letting things like this cause you such anguish. Reassurance is good, but the problem is that you will eventually find something else to worry about. You need to treat the root cause. It takes some work, but it's worth it.
Hepcat7 is absolutely correct. Zero chance from this incident. Hepatitis C is a blood-to-bloodstream disease, which means someone's blood would have to get into a fresh open cut (i.e. bleeding) on your body. If you had cut yourself shaving, the cuts would have been sealed within a couple of hours. Cuts heal from the inside out, so even if a cut looks like it still might be open, that's just the top of it you are seeing - the bottom layers and blood vessels have sealed. Days later, any cuts would most definitely be sealed and on its way to being completely healed. Add to that the fact that someone with Hep C would have had to spilled some of there body on that bed recently, and the chances are non-existent. Even if there had been some Hep C positive blood there, you had a better chance of the old factory collapsing on top of you than contracting Hepatitis C.
Here is a statistic that may reassure you: Medical personnel who are working on a patient who is positive for Hepatitis C and accidentally stick themselves with a bloody needle only get infected at a rate of around 2%. Hospitals maintain accurate records of this and anyone who suffers a needle stick must report it to the hospital staff, so the numbers are dependable.
You do sound like you are suffering from GAD/OCD. I know because that's my problem. Take a look at the OCD section of this website - there are some great suggestions on how to fight your anxiety and stop letting things like this cause you such anguish. Reassurance is good, but the problem is that you will eventually find something else to worry about. You need to treat the root cause. It takes some work, but it's worth it.
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Phew! thanks a lot. I'll look for that OCD forum...
Hi CG.....Having had and been cured of Hep C with a background in pharmacy. I guarantee you that there is zero chance of infection from being naked in a dirty bed or room. Having experience in the pharmaceutical field I can suggest that you may be suffering from GAD or General Anxiety Disorder, there are medications that help this tremendously. A memberof my family suffered needlessly for many years until stress rashes and other outward symptoms appeared and couldn't be ignored any more. Now they say they wish they had spoke to someone and were treated sooner but are grateful to not be anxious and worried much less. I'm italian myself. I have family in Napoli.anyway .... So no worries about infection but speak with your family doctor about the anxiety ok. Good luck.
D. Martella
D. Martella
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Not even if in that bed there was some blood that I have not seen?
Anyway, thank you. I already know I am very anxious (I've been a GAD-person even before my hypocondriac-y situation) and a part of me already knew that there was no chance for this. I had the need for reassurance, thank you very much
Anyway, thank you. I already know I am very anxious (I've been a GAD-person even before my hypocondriac-y situation) and a part of me already knew that there was no chance for this. I had the need for reassurance, thank you very much
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