How is hepatitis C transmitted

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I have a good friend who always feels sick recently, so I advise her that we should go to the hospital for examination together. Then I went with her, but the result of the examination said that she suffered from hepatitis C, which surprised us all. How could she suddenly get hepatitis B? Later, the doctor told us how hepatitis C is infectious. Now let me tell you how hepatitis C is infectious.

How is hepatitis C transmitted

First: like hepatitis B, hepatitis C is mainly transmitted through mother to child, blood and sexual contact, rather than through the digestive tract and respiratory tract, so daily contact, such as hugging, working together and eating, will not be transmitted. Some seemingly "safe" behaviors in life actually contain crises. Take blood transmission as an example, it is not only blood transfusion that belongs to blood transmission. For example, some traumatic or mucous membrane damaging beauty items such as liposuction, double eyelid excision, ear piercing, pedicure, etc., will more or less come into contact with blood during operation. Once the equipment is not strictly disinfected, the risk of infection will be multiplied. Compared with hepatitis B, hepatitis C is more likely to develop multiple liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Due to the concealment of hepatitis C symptoms, it is difficult for ordinary people to detect themselves in the early stage of hepatitis C. the incubation period can be as long as 20 years.

Second: sexual transmission, the risk of HCV is higher. At the same time, people with other sexually transmitted diseases, especially those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), have a higher risk of HCV infection. The transmission route of some HCV infected people is unknown. Kissing, hugging, sneezing, coughing, food, drinking water, sharing tableware and water cup, no skin damage and other contacts without blood exposure generally do not transmit HCV.

Third: mother to child transmission: the risk of HCV transmission from anti HCV positive mothers to newborns is 2%. If the mother is HCV RNA positive at delivery, the risk of transmission can be as high as 4% - 7%; when combined with HIV infection, the risk of transmission increases to 20%. High HCV viral load may increase the risk of transmission.

matters needing attention

These are the causes of hepatitis B infection. I hope you should pay more attention to it, especially in the aspect of health. You must protect yourself and avoid being infected. In addition, I hope these patients can recover as soon as possible.