Is hepatitis C contagious

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Our unit is more formal. We organize physical examination every year, and this year is no exception. However, a few days after the physical examination, I received a phone call from the hospital. The doctor said that my examination results showed that I had hepatitis C. I didn't feel uncomfortable. I thought the hospital had made a mistake. Today, let's learn whether hepatitis C can be transmitted.

Is hepatitis C contagious

First, the main routes of transmission of hepatitis C include blood, sex, mother to child, skin and mucous membrane damage. Hepatitis C is not so terrible. As long as we can avoid these transmission routes, we don't have to worry about being infected.

Second: it is mainly transmitted through blood, and blood infected with virus can be imported. Blood products or the use of infected injection equipment and medical devices, etc. Mother to child transmission is an important route of transmission, including transplacental transmission. Childbirth. It can be transmitted by means of lactation.

Third: hepatitis C is caused by a kind of hepatophilic virus infection, if not treated in time after infection, it is more prone to cirrhosis than hepatitis B. Ordinary contact in life does not infect hepatitis C. Compared with hepatitis B, hepatitis C is much less common and infectious.

matters needing attention

Although hepatitis C is not infectious, it can also be infected, so we should pay attention to prevention in our life. Once found that they got hepatitis C, we must pay attention to timely treatment, generally can take traditional Chinese medicine treatment, must not be taken lightly.