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Hi, please help me because I can't take it any longer … I have germs ocd especially HCV and I would get peace if someone could answer me my intrusive thoughts:
1. If I for example would cut myself deep by random glass and then had stitches should I test for HCV, because HCV can live outside the body or this is ridiculous?
2. If I for example would cut myself deep by a table's corner at somebodys house and then had stitches should I test for HCV because HCV can live outside the body ?
3. I don't understand why some objects can spread the virus and some don't why is that a toothbrush can spread HCV while for example contaminated glass doesn't spread it or Am I wrong ? And why Doctors can get it from cuts from contaminated HCV blade , does it have to be a deep cut ?
4. And at hairdresser if for example the haridresser would cut me deep should I get tested for HCV ? Does it make any difference if it required stitches or not ? Thank you so much and sorry for my English grammar im not a native speaker but please help me some angel because im sick and tired of this ……..
1. If I for example would cut myself deep by random glass and then had stitches should I test for HCV, because HCV can live outside the body or this is ridiculous?
2. If I for example would cut myself deep by a table's corner at somebodys house and then had stitches should I test for HCV because HCV can live outside the body ?
3. I don't understand why some objects can spread the virus and some don't why is that a toothbrush can spread HCV while for example contaminated glass doesn't spread it or Am I wrong ? And why Doctors can get it from cuts from contaminated HCV blade , does it have to be a deep cut ?
4. And at hairdresser if for example the haridresser would cut me deep should I get tested for HCV ? Does it make any difference if it required stitches or not ? Thank you so much and sorry for my English grammar im not a native speaker but please help me some angel because im sick and tired of this ……..
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First, are you in counseling or getting any help for your OCD? That should be your first priority.
Have you cut yourself or are all of these hypothetical situations?
1 and 2 - I'm answering these together because they are very similar.
If you don't see blood on the glass or table, there isn't blood. Most people wipe up blood from tables, etc., and however they clean it would kill the virus.
3 - A toothbrush can, in theory, spread hcv because if someone brushed their teeth and had bleeding gums, then someone else brushed their teeth and had bleeding gums, the first person's blood would have a point of entry into their blood stream. This is a theory, and probably not a real risk.
https://www.hepmag.com/article/starting-hepatitis-c-treatment-true-can-reinfect-toothbrush-dentures
It's never a good idea to share toothbrushes, what with colds and flus and such, but hcv is probably not a thing to worry about with toothbrushes.
Even medical personnel don't get hcv (or other blood borne pathogens, like HIV) at the rates you probably think they do. It's estimated that they have a 1.8% hcv infection rate following needle sticks. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493147/
4 - Hairdressers sterilize all their equipment between customers, mostly for head lice and such, but it works for hcv, too, should anyone be cut.
HCV isn't that easy to get. You have to get enough of the virus from someone else's blood into your blood. Most new infections today are from sharing needles for drug use. If you aren't doing that, you really don't need to worry about it.
Please consider getting help for your OCD if you aren't already. Even though there is no cure, there is great treatment to help you manage it. (I say this with no judgement, only compassion.)
Have you cut yourself or are all of these hypothetical situations?
1 and 2 - I'm answering these together because they are very similar.
If you don't see blood on the glass or table, there isn't blood. Most people wipe up blood from tables, etc., and however they clean it would kill the virus.
3 - A toothbrush can, in theory, spread hcv because if someone brushed their teeth and had bleeding gums, then someone else brushed their teeth and had bleeding gums, the first person's blood would have a point of entry into their blood stream. This is a theory, and probably not a real risk.
https://www.hepmag.com/article/starting-hepatitis-c-treatment-true-can-reinfect-toothbrush-dentures
It's never a good idea to share toothbrushes, what with colds and flus and such, but hcv is probably not a thing to worry about with toothbrushes.
Even medical personnel don't get hcv (or other blood borne pathogens, like HIV) at the rates you probably think they do. It's estimated that they have a 1.8% hcv infection rate following needle sticks. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493147/
4 - Hairdressers sterilize all their equipment between customers, mostly for head lice and such, but it works for hcv, too, should anyone be cut.
HCV isn't that easy to get. You have to get enough of the virus from someone else's blood into your blood. Most new infections today are from sharing needles for drug use. If you aren't doing that, you really don't need to worry about it.
Please consider getting help for your OCD if you aren't already. Even though there is no cure, there is great treatment to help you manage it. (I say this with no judgement, only compassion.)
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