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passing it on
can my kids get my hepC through regular family living?
My husband has hepatitis C, and we have a little daughter. When she was born, we didn't even know that he had this disease. We took no precautions at all-and our daughter doesn't have hepatitis C. The only things that has to be done are common sense ones-not sharing razors and toothbrushes, covering the cuts and wounds. The same things that should be done even if nobody in the family is sick. Your kids are not in any danger.
From Janis and Friends;
http://janis7hepc.com/Modes%20of%20Transmission.htm#household
“Transmission of Hepatitis C among Family Members in Egypt
…A study published in the current issue of Hepatology (September 2005) examines the incidence and risk factors associated with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in rural Egypt..
The prevalence of antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Egypt is among the highest in the world. From the 1950s until 1982 hundreds of thousands were infected during mass campaigns to control schistosomiasis (a parasitic disease) using mass therapy with intravenous antimony compounds, but little is known about current risk factors and rates of transmission. Studies of high risk populations, such as intravenous drug users, shed little light on HCV transmission in Egypt where this high risk behavior is rare.
In a study led by G. Thomas Strickland, M.D. of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, Egyptian and American researchers surveyed rates of HCV infection in two rural communities having a prevalence of antibody to HCV of 24 and 9 percent.
A total of 10,112 HCV negative individuals were identified during an annual survey in 1997, with follow-up performed on an average of 1.6 years later in 6,738 subjects. Of these, 33 developed HCV antibodies, an incidence of 3.1/1000 person-years (PY), and 6.8/1000 PY in the 28 subjects in the village having the 24 percent prevalence of HCV.
None of the 33 individuals was diagnosed with viral hepatitis or reported symptoms of acute hepatitis...”
Bill
http://janis7hepc.com/Modes%20of%20Transmission.htm#household
“Transmission of Hepatitis C among Family Members in Egypt
…A study published in the current issue of Hepatology (September 2005) examines the incidence and risk factors associated with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in rural Egypt..
The prevalence of antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in Egypt is among the highest in the world. From the 1950s until 1982 hundreds of thousands were infected during mass campaigns to control schistosomiasis (a parasitic disease) using mass therapy with intravenous antimony compounds, but little is known about current risk factors and rates of transmission. Studies of high risk populations, such as intravenous drug users, shed little light on HCV transmission in Egypt where this high risk behavior is rare.
In a study led by G. Thomas Strickland, M.D. of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, Egyptian and American researchers surveyed rates of HCV infection in two rural communities having a prevalence of antibody to HCV of 24 and 9 percent.
A total of 10,112 HCV negative individuals were identified during an annual survey in 1997, with follow-up performed on an average of 1.6 years later in 6,738 subjects. Of these, 33 developed HCV antibodies, an incidence of 3.1/1000 person-years (PY), and 6.8/1000 PY in the 28 subjects in the village having the 24 percent prevalence of HCV.
None of the 33 individuals was diagnosed with viral hepatitis or reported symptoms of acute hepatitis...”
Bill
No, there has to be blood contact. So don't let the kids use your razor or toothbrush and you'll all be fine.
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