Hepititis

HBV is spread much like HIV, however it is easier to catch than HIV because it is over 100 times more concentrated in an infected person’s blood and it can exist on surfaces outside the body. HBV is not just a sexually transmitted disease. It is a hardy virus that can exist on almost any surface for up to one month. HBV is found in blood, semen, and vaginal secretions of infected people, and low concentrations can be found in saliva.

HBV can be spread by *unprotected anal or vaginal sex

· sharing needles used for drugs, body piercing, or tattooing

· sharing toothbrushes, razors, nail clippers, or washcloths

· living in a household with a person with ongoing HBV infection

You do not get HBV from sneezing, coughing or holding hands

Symptoms of HBV are * extreme tiredness

Women with a history of C-Section delivery- Women with no recollection of any history of high-risk activities are beginning to appear in middle age with symptoms of serious liver disease resulting from HCV infection. For a number of these, the trail leads back to blood transfusions they received unknowingly when they had Cesarean section surgery during childbirth.

One of the big problems we have with public awareness of HCV is that it is often confused with other forms of hepatitis that are preventable and not as deadly. Unfortunately, this confusion is not helped by public education efforts that discuss hepatitis in general. We need to end this confusion. Hepatitis C- unlike other forms of hepatitis it is a very serious life-long infection for which there is no vaccine, that is not self –limiting, and that will, for many of those infected, lead to serious liver disease, organ failure, and premature death.

· You were notified that you received blood from a donor who later tested positive for hepatitis C

HCV is transmitted through contact with blood. It is unlikely that you would be infected with HCV through sex, but it is possible. According to the Center for Disease Control, you would be at risk for HCV infection if one or more of the following applied to you

Young Adults who ere critically Ill newborns- The risk of HCV infection is also suspected to be unusually high among persons who were critically ill at birth. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, low birth weight and other critically babies were routinely given multiple transfusions of small amounts of blood during a period when the blood supply was not screened for HCV. These young people would now be between 5 and 25 years of age. With few exceptions, o

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