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Vaginal fluid
How infectious is vaginal fluid for hep c and mode of exposure more likely to transmit sexually vaginal. Fingering. Oral
Did you read the link EvolverU posted?
Also per the CDC hep c is not considered an STD and generally only a concern for people with multiple sex partners or those who engage in rough sexual practices where there is risk of blood to blood contact or in the presence of HIV.
HCV has rarely been detected in semen and vaginal fluids. This is not considered to be an effective means of transmission.
Even medical workers who experience an accidental needlestick involving a patient know to have hep c the odds of catching hep c in that way is about 1.8%.
So yes there is a theoretical risk in other circumstances but primarily hep c is transmitted by blood to blood contact either by blood transfusion before modern testing became available, tattoos in locations that do not use best practices i.e. unlicensed tattoo parlors, current or past injection drug users.
From the CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm
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
Less common risks include:
Having sexual contact with a person who is infected with the Hepatitis C virus
Sharing personal care items, such as razors or toothbrushes, that may have come in contact with the blood of an infected person
Anyway none of this is a reason to lose sleep even if worst case you somehow did become infected there are new treatment that can cure hep c
Might as well worry about catching the common cold
Also per the CDC hep c is not considered an STD and generally only a concern for people with multiple sex partners or those who engage in rough sexual practices where there is risk of blood to blood contact or in the presence of HIV.
HCV has rarely been detected in semen and vaginal fluids. This is not considered to be an effective means of transmission.
Even medical workers who experience an accidental needlestick involving a patient know to have hep c the odds of catching hep c in that way is about 1.8%.
So yes there is a theoretical risk in other circumstances but primarily hep c is transmitted by blood to blood contact either by blood transfusion before modern testing became available, tattoos in locations that do not use best practices i.e. unlicensed tattoo parlors, current or past injection drug users.
From the CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hcv/cfaq.htm
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
Less common risks include:
Having sexual contact with a person who is infected with the Hepatitis C virus
Sharing personal care items, such as razors or toothbrushes, that may have come in contact with the blood of an infected person
Anyway none of this is a reason to lose sleep even if worst case you somehow did become infected there are new treatment that can cure hep c
Might as well worry about catching the common cold
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