Dating someone with Hep C

[Doggie]

Hi there,

I am having difficulty communicating to my lover that my Hep C that I have had for 18yrs is not a sexually transmitted disease.  I explained how it is transmitted but he is still concerned.  Has anyone else had situation.  I could your support in how to make him feel safe?

Thanks.

[meki]

Rhogam...

Google it.

It's for RH negative factor women who are giving birth to pos babies... It stops the body from rejecting the opposite RH factor.

I don't even know how to explain it -- but it's made from Donor Blood products.

It's the ONLY transmission route I can find for me.

Meki

LMAO - Hector = you too funny.

[FlGuy]

googled Rhogam and found this on their website:

HOW SAFE IS RhoGAM® ULTRA-FILTERED PLUS?
RhoGAM® Ultra-Filtered PLUS, the brand of anti-D immune globulin manufactured by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. a Johnson & Johnson company, is prepared using a patented ultrafiltration technology that is proven effective in removing enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. RhoGAM® has an excellent safety record. Since it was introduced in 1968, millions of women around the world have received RhoGAM®, and there have been no confirmed cases of virus transmission.

RhoGAM® Ultra-Filtered PLUS combines the proven effectiveness of RhoGAM® with the Viresolve® ultra-filtration process. The patented process removes potential viruses such as HIV, HCV, HAV and Parvovirus B19 to protect newborns and their mothers from potential viral infection.

[meki]

"
HOW SAFE IS RhoGAM® ULTRA-FILTERED PLUS?
RhoGAM® Ultra-Filtered PLUS, the brand of anti-D immune globulin manufactured by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. a Johnson & Johnson company, is prepared using a patented ultrafiltration technology that is proven effective in removing enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. RhoGAM® has an excellent safety record. Since it was introduced in 1968, millions of women around the world have received RhoGAM®, and there have been no confirmed cases of virus transmission."

There were a group of women in Ireland who won a major lawsuit from gamma globulin and got HCV.

Also there are thousands of hemophilliacs who may have contracted HCV through this.

You'll need to dig very deep...

Try Googling lawsuit - hcv - gamma globulin ---- or other ways of locating the info.


Meki

[meki]

http://hcvets.com/data/transmission_methods/published_articles/did_shots_cause_hepatitis_c.htm

[rita863]

ok just for the record....  i have never used iv drugs, (but was married to an iv drug user)
i never had a transfusion, and i do not have tatooes,,,,, so what i have read and narrowed down to is this:  either from getting poked from his "works"  ( most likely since i was the wife from hell when my husband was using and would rip apart the house searching for his stuff) or toothbrush - nail clippers..or SEX...those would be the only way i got it.  

[serena_235]

During the dating scene....at what point do you share the fact that you have hep C with significant other?