I had sex with someone who was infected
and now am worried that I may be. I want
to know what symptoms to look for and if
irregular bleeding may be a symptom as
well as the other things that I read.
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Pilleus
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Posted: 06-22-04 12:10pm
I have been with my husband for over 4
years and we just found out he has hep c.
We have been having unprotected sex for
most of that time.
I tested negative.
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sosaucy
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Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 3 Location: san diego, ca. usa
My Boyfriend Tested Positive Posted: 09-21-04 21:22pm
And we had been having unprotected sex and
I tested negative. The virus is blood
bourne and is not found in semen or
vaginal fluid. Only if for some reason
there is blood in one of those fluids
would you catch it. (i may be wrong but
that is how I understand it to be.) unlike
hiv which is present in all body fluids,
except urine, (i think) good luck.
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Pilleus
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Posted: 09-22-04 08:26am
It would only be possible to catch it if
there were blood in the semen and it
entered the bloodstream from a tear in the
vagina. Or if a women were menstruating
and the man had an open sore somewhere on
or around his penis, it could enter the
bloodstream that way too I suppose.
Since we found out he had hepatitis c, we
have been having protected sex.
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cosmoslilangel
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 9 Location: California
Hep C Posted: 10-24-04 04:11am
Semen does carry the virus, I was tested
twice and both times came out negative, I
was really scared, but, you have to be
careful not to use, their tooth brush,
their fingernail clippers, toenail
clippers, their shavers anything like
that, that may have any residue of blood
in it at all. His was really bad. Any
open wounds that they have, having sex
while you are on your period....Its not
something to mess with at all, you should
be checked just to be on the save side
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Pilleus
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Posted: 11-12-04 12:32pm
Definately!! I plan on being tested once
a year, just to be safe. My husband and
I are really careful about everything and
have protected sex. No sharing clippers
or nail files, etc. The other day he
accidentally used my toothbrush and he
called me and said he threw it away, then
he went and bought me a new one.
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Anti Social
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 2 Location: NY
Posted: 01-12-05 19:11pm
Hep c is extremly difficult to contract
through sex.There is a less than 2%
chance.
Hep b on the other hand is an std and is
easily spread through sexual activity.
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Rodfan
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Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Texas
Re: Hepatitis C Infection Posted: 06-01-05 23:26pm
tom stewardson
wrote:
i had sex with someone who
was infected and now am worried that I may
be. I want to know what symptoms to look
for and if irregular bleeding may be a
symptom as well as the other things that I
read.
my husband and I have been together for 15
years. He has both b and c. We have a
child together and though I was tested
before I tried to get pregnant as a
precaution, my test were negative. Hope
this relieves your worry.
