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319532 tn?1250988576

Possible hep??? Help

Around October of last year I started sleeping unprotected with this girl off and on for four months. I already have genital hsv plus we even had sex during her periods. She has a tattoo. The only symptom I got was swollen lymph nodes. About February I got a soar throat for a week or two and then joint and muscle pains. I then tested positive with a high titre for mono. HIV neg. After a couple weeks, the symptoms died and I felt better except my liver or the right upper quadrant became tender and is still tender up to now (bout 2 months). I keep getting diahorrea off and on with lighter than normal stool. I've just did a hepb/c test but its gonna take time. I just wanna know my chances.
p.s. mono can infect the liver also.
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319532 tn?1250988576
Thank you both for taking time to respond. Hep b is similar to hep c in symptoms but in most cases the body clears it spontaneously. Am worried cuz herpes ulcers make you more vulnerable to infection cuz they're open soars without blood though. What am afraid of also is she kept having abdominal pain and diahorrea issues like am now having to an extent I should know by the end of the week. My young and stupid decision making days are officially over.
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First she would have to have HepC to begin with...Second HepC is very rarely transmitted by heterosexual sex,especially for the male. Use condoms and you won't have to go through the fear and anxiety.
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1225178 tn?1318980604
In order for you to get hep c from her, you would have to get her blood into your blood. Of course there is also Hep B, which I don't know all that much about. It shouldn't take very long to get your test results back, but I really don't think you need to worry about hep C unless you had open sores.
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