how does Hepatitis C virus spread other than blood transfusion or blood products?
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Occurs when blood from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not infected.  HCV is spread through sharing needles or "works" when "shooting" drugs, through needlesticks or sharps exposures on the job, or from an infected mother to her baby during birth. These are the only ways it is spread.
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Although tests for infectious diseases, blood donor screening, and autologous blood donations have made blood transfusions safer today than in the past, scientists say that new technologies hold the key to a completely safe blood supply in the future. Blood donor screening and blood tests have made infection by HIV and other viral diseases extremely rare, but infections still occur during the "window period" between infection and antibody production, which eludes current testing techniques. Patients can give their own blood--autologous donations--for elective surgery, but most people cannot take advantage of this procedure. As soon as blood-borne viruses such as HIV, hepatitis B, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus are elimated from the blood supply, another infectious agent will appear. Recombinant human erythropoietin eliminates the need for transfusions, but researchers are looking increasingly to blood filtering and washing techniques and blood substitutes such as recombinant human hemoglobin to ensure complete safety of the blood supply.yes you can through the ; window period;
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Hello..Ignore the unserious answer of your question.The problem with Hepatitis C is reallly deserving attention. Actually,if it's chronical( as I got) you will have the hepatitis virus whole your life.You must net be ashemed of it,because it's not transmitted only sexually(only 5-10%),but through the blood,it's not supposed that you was a junkey,etc.The treatment is not a cure and have many side effects,it's provided only in specialized clinics and is based in the INTERFERONE injections.The best way to keep your liver functions well is to eat not just healthy ,but applying the special diet for liver problems,no alcohol,no coffee,no black tea..Wish you luck!
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According to this fact sheet it will be 12-18 months before you can tell whether the child is infected because of the mother's antibodies. Mother to child transmission of HCV is very low as long as the mother is not also HIV+.\n\nYou will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this PDF file.\n\nhttp://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/Mother%20to%20Child.pdf\n\nhttp://www.perinatology.com/exposures/Infection/HepatitisC.htm
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Yes, you can live as long as any one else, if you get good medical care.  The test is Anti-HCV.  Here's the thing Hep C is a virus, it will always be in your body. Your body creates antibodies to combat the virus.  So there is a constant war going on in our bodies everyday.  When your immune system is compromised by yet another infectious agent then you may start to see signs and symptoms of Hep C again.  You were most probably treated for Acute case of Hep C, but you will always carry the antibodies in your bloodstream. Check out http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/c/faq.htm#2a\n\nGood Luck :)
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no because hep c comes from sharing needles, and if u are just reusing the needles on urself its ok, but if u re-use them too much they get blunt and bend and stuff so its easier to bruise and bleed and they hurt more if they where new needles . .
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Hepatitis B is caused by a virus. It can spread through sexual intercourse or accidentally in high-risk areas through for example getting stabbed with a contaminated blade or an injection needle.
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This is a lengthy answer, sorry!\n\nThe chance of the virus being transmitted to the baby is 5-10%. Pregnanacy with Hep C is not officially discouraged.\n\nhttp://www.hepcbc.ca/pregnancy.htm\n\nPregnant patients with hepatitis C should be advised to:\n\nObtain vaccination against hepatitis viruses A and B as indicated. \nAbstain form alcohol use. \nAvoid hepatotoxic drugs such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) that may worsen liver damage. \nInform the infant’s pediatrician of the mother’s hepatitis C status. \nNot donate blood, body organs, other tissue, or semen. \nNot share any personal items that may have blood on them (e.g., toothbrushes and razors). \nDiscuss the low but present risk for transmission with their partner and discuss the need for counseling and testing. However, HCV-positive persons with one long-term, steady sex partner do not need to change their sexual practices. \n\nLiver enzymes and PCR should be obtained at the beginning of pregnancy, and as needed thereafter\n\nThe following recommendations from The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada may be helpful in counseling women considering amniocentesis.\n\nSOGC Recommendations \n\n\n“Amniocentesis in women infected with hepatitis C does not appear to significantly increase the risk of vertical transmission, but women should be counseled that very few studies have properly addressed this possibility. \nIn HIV-positive women all noninvasive screening tools should be used prior to considering amniocentesis. \nFor women infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV, the addition of noninvasive methods of prenatal risk screening, such as nuchal translucency, triple screening, and anatomic ultrasound, may help in reducing the age-related risk to a level below the threshold for genetic amniocentesis. \nFor those women infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV who insist on amniocentesis, every effort should be made to avoid inserting the needle through the placenta. “ \n\nDelivery and Postpartum\nThe risk of vertical transmission of HCV appears to be related to the level of viremia in the pregnant mother and not to the route of delivery. The virus does not appear to be transmitted when a woman's titer is < 10^6/mL or is negative. Although Tejari et al and Conte et al did not find cesarean section to be protective against transmission of HCV to the neonate Gibb et al have found the HCV maternal to child (MTC) transmission rate to be reduced in patient delivered by elective cesarean. The latter study has yet to be confirmed. Elective cesarean to reduce MCT transmission of HCV is not presently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control, American Academy of Pediatrics or the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. At delivery staff and the baby’s pediatrician should be notified of the mother’s hepatitis C carrier state.\nBreastfeeding does not appreciably increase the risk of transmitting HCV to a neonate.\n\nhttp://www.perinatology.com/exposures/Infection/HepatitisC.htm
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Takes some time for liver enzymes to elevate, could be several months to years. Hep.C. is transmitted via blood. Good time to use condoms :-)
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no not possble to transmit the virus without blood transfer
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Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. Blood transfusions may treat medical conditions, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, surgery, shock and where the red cell producing mechanism (or some other normal and essential component) fails
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Hepatitis C is transmitted by blood to blood contact only.  This means that blood infected with hepatitis C must come into direct contact with the bloodstream of another person.  Even the smallest amounts of blood can transmit hepatitis C.\n\nTransmission can occur through:\n\nsharing and equipment used to inject drugs  \nunsterile tattooing, body piercing and skin penetration procedures \nhousehold practices (such as sharing razor blades and toothbrushes) \noccupational procedures (eg, needlestick and sharps injuries) \ncertain sexual activities \nmother to baby.\nSharing injecting drug equipment\n\nSharing injecting equipment is the most common way of becoming infected with hepatitis C in Australia.  Syringes, hands, needles, tourniquets, swabs, water, filters or spoons can transmit hepatitis C and other viruses.\n\nIt is possible for a person with hepatitis C to be reinfected with a different strain (genotype) of hepatitis C.\n\nTattoos, body piercing and skin penetration\n\nHepatitis C can be transmitted through unsterile tattooing and body piercing equipment, including tattooing inks.\n\nHousehold transmission\n\nWherever blood to blood contact happens, transmission of hepatitis C can occur.  Sharing razor blades, toothbrushes and personal hygiene items can potentially transmit hepatitis C.\n\nHepatitis C is not transmitted by touching, kissing, hugging or closeness.  Hepatitis C is not present in saliva so cups, plates, utensils and other household items can be considered safe.  However, washing and general cleaning of these household items can protect from many other illnesses and should remain a part of every household's common hygene practice.\n\nA recent study initiated by the Institute of Sciences and Oxford University has shown that one in four homeless people in Oxford are infected with Hepatitis C, posing a major public health concern. \n\nThe study, carried out by Luke Sheriff and Dr Richad Mayon-White, has shown that inadequate diets, poor hygiene and high levels of intravenous drug use have lead to the high numbers of homeless people that tested positive for the virus when screened. \n\nOxford is now the second most highly affected area in Britain; unsurprising, given that it is also the city with the highest recorded number of rough sleepers outside of the capital. \n\nThere are currently between 2,500 and 3,000 people in Oxford classified 'homeless' by Emmaus, a charity operating in the city. Whilst not all of these people may actually live on the streets, the often cramped and squalid conditions in which many 'squatters' find themselves create a ready environment in which the virus can spread. \n\nOf the 98 individuals of the Oxford homeless community who were interviewed and tested for HCV, the results gave an estimated HCV prevalence of 26.5 percent.\n\n\n\nThey are also more prone to HIV, and this is because they are unable to receive adequate medical care, and are more likely to be drug users, and have poor diets, all things that put them at risk or might possibly expose them to the diseases.
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It is a possibility that Hepatitis C can be transmitted by saliva. It can be transmitted by blood, sexual contact, perinatal contact, and other unknown factors.
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Hepatitis C is a blood borne virus, meaning that it is rarely spread through casual, breastfeeding or even sexual contact (as long as the partner does not come in contact with blood).  Statisically only 4 out of 100 babies born to a mother with Hepatitis C will contract the disease.  Unfortunately the test for whether the baby has contracted Hepatitis C is inaccurate until the child is at least 18 months old, that is when the mother's own antigens for Hepatitis C are completely gone from the baby's system.  Unfortunately there is no vaccine at this time, nor a cure.  Appoximately 80% of people with Hepatitis C will develop long-term infections, 75% develop Chronic Liver Disease, and is the leading reason for liver transplants.\nSince it is not spread through casual contact, there is no need for ejecting the child from daycare, however the caretaker should be a little extra diligent in monitoring for bleeding, and during diaper changes.
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"If you had hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) caused by a virus, or unexplained jaundice (yellow discoloration of the skin), since age 11, you are not eligible to donate blood. This includes those who had hepatitis with Cytomegalovirus (CMV), or Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), the virus that causes Mononucleosis. \n\nAcceptable if you had jaundice or hepatitis caused by something other than a viral infection, for example: medications, Gilbert's disease, bile duct obstruction, alcohol, gallstones or trauma to the liver. \n\nIf you ever tested positive for hepatitis B or hepatitis C , at any age, you are not eligible to donate, even if you were never sick or jaundiced from the infection."\n\nhttp://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html
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A Red Cross study reported in 1989 that the risk was one in 153,000.\n\nCurrent estimates are that fewer than 1 in 1,900,000 blood components is capable of transmitting HIV.\n\nTherefore, the risk is very very very small.  You should be more worried about other Transfusion-Transmitted dieses.
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There is no proof for such possibility. The virus has a very weak environmental susceptibility and is not able to be transmitted via contaminated surfaces. Modes of transmission are sexual, vertical, blood or blood components transfusion, broken skin+infected blood and contaminated needles used by injection drug users.\nThe disease is diagnosed when an opportunistic infection e.g. P Cranii P or malignancy e.g. K. Sarcoma are detected, HIV antibodies in the blood and the increased numbers of T cells in the blood.