Question for transmission of Hepatitis C

[Helloeverybody2014]

Hello! I think Hepatitis C is transmitted through infectious blood into somebody's vein. But why sharing razors or toothbrushes, and sexual contact can also transmit Hepatitis C? Could razors or toothbrushes and sexual contact make wound so deeply into vein?

Or the correct theory should be Hepatitis C can be transmitted through any kind of wound contact infectious blood?

CDC website said: The Hepatitis C virus can survive outside the body at room temperature, on environmental surfaces, for at least 16 hours but no longer than 4 days. Any blood spills — including dried blood, which can still be infectious.

If I have a wound, am I at risk for Hepatitis C if my wound contact blood carelessly in the outside environment?

Actually I have genital herpes and hemorrhoids on my buttocks, am I at risk for Hepatitis C if the wound on my buttocks contact blood spills(dried blood) on the hotel's bed?

I feel scared after we read so much Hepatitis C information on internet, because of I'm afraid my wound may contact any blood spills(including dried blood) that I may not notice in the outside environment.  

[AWorriedMom]

Hepatitis C can be transmitted when infected blood enters the bloodstream of an uninfected person. It does not have to go directly in to a vein. Sharing personal hygeine items such as razos or toothbrushes can allow transmission if there is blood on the item (even microscopic) and a person cuts themselves on the razor or has bleeding gums. That being said, it is considered a low risk. As for sex, again there has to be blood exchanged, so rough sex or men who have sex with men, or people with sexually transmitted diseases are at a higher risk.

As for yor wounds contacting any dried blood or just blood in the environment, it is possible but highly unlikely that you will get hepatitis C just by living in the environment. Think how many people who have it if it were that easy to get. I think you are worrying needlessly. You have enough information to protect yourself without getting paranoid about the risks.

[Dee1956]

Hello, Can-do-man has given you the best answer, I just wanted to say hello and say that someone I know contracted meninginitis from using a dollar bill to snort drugs.
And like Can-do-man said the blood could be so microscopic that you would not see it on a razor or toothbrush.
My children never contracted it from me.  Thank God
Good luck to you, Dee

[thruwithhep]

I was just wondering how easy it would be for the genital herpes to get transferred to us the same way? Could it be on the hotel bed as well? Sorry like you, I am not smart about these things.

[Livelife777]

The only way possible that we could never get Hep C is to not leave your house, ever.  The story's described would not put you at risk for Hep C.
Kinda like saying, could I go outside and get hit by lightning?  Maybe, but
not likely.
Everyone is fine.  No Hep C transmission here.  
No worries.
....Kim

[Helloeverybody2014]

I think genital herpes is transmitted by sex, not hotel bed.

[Helloeverybody2014]

Hi! Thank you very much for your answers.

We feel get hit by lightning is very very unlikely. But I feel a wound contact blood is much moe frequently than get hit by lightning in the outside environment.

I also have bleeding gums, if I share food or kiss with a Hep C+ perosn who also have bleeding gums or canker sore. Is it a risk? And fighting with a Hep C+ perosn maybe also a risk. Why CDC dose not put "share food, kissing, fighting" as transmission on internet?

I do not know how exactly the Hepatitis C can transmit successfully in what circumstance. Dose the infectious blood have to through the uninfected person's skin deeply into the blood circulatory system?

[AWorriedMom]

The CDC doesn't put it there because there really is no risk in what you describe.

[flyinlynn]

If you have bleeding gums you should check in with your dentist that is a greater health problem than hotel sheets against your buttock.

The CDC does specifically say that kissing and sharing food and utensils is no risk.

"What are ways Hepatitis C is not spread?

Hepatitis C virus is not spread by sharing eating utensils, breastfeeding, hugging, kissing, holding hands, coughing, or sneezing. It is also not spread through food or water."

Hep C is not spread by ingestion but by blood to blood contact.

I believe if you got in a physical bare knuckle fight with broken bleeding noses and bleeding knuckles yes that would be a risk.

As far as risk the CDC does list some examples this list is not intended to be all inclusive for example it doesnt list the bareknuckle fight or bar roon brawl situation with blood flying in all directions but personally the only time I have seen anything like that was on TV or in a movie

"Who is at risk for Hepatitis C?

Some people are at increased risk for Hepatitis C, including

•Current injection drug users (currently the most common way Hepatitis C virus is spread in the United States)
•Past injection drug users, including those who injected only one time or many years ago
•Recipients of donated blood, blood products, and organs (once a common means of transmission but now rare in the United States since blood screening became available in 1992)
•People who received a blood product for clotting problems made before 1987
•Hemodialysis patients or persons who spent many years on dialysis for kidney failure
•People who received body piercing or tattoos done with non-sterile instruments
•People with known exposures to the Hepatitis C virus, such as
◦Health care workers injured by needlesticks
◦Recipients of blood or organs from a donor who tested positive for the Hepatitis C virus
•HIV-infected persons
•Children born to mothers infected with the Hepatitis C virus"

So looking as those examples in regards to your last question

"Does the infectious blood have to through the uninfected person's skin deeply into the blood circulatory system? ."

Not so much deeply as in the tattoo example but blood to blood contact is needed not blood to unbroken skin.

I would like to suggest you consider maybe looking into the Anxiety Forum

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Anxiety/show/71

Or the OCD Forum
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-OCD-/show/231

They will probably be of more help to you than we here are

Good luck to you
Lynn

[Helloeverybody2014]

Thank you very much!  Hepatitis C is transmitted by blood to blood contact. Sharing  toothbrushes with a Hepatitis C perosn is a risk if the uninfected person has bleeding gums or canker sore.

But I do not know why CDC said sharing food or kissing is no risk. I think it is also a blood to blood contact if both people have bleeding gums or canker sore when sharing food or kissing.

[flyinlynn]

But I do not know why CDC said sharing food or kissing is no risk. I think it is also a blood to blood contact if both people have bleeding gums or canker sore when sharing food or kissing. .

Because it is not a risk that is why they said it