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How Is Hepatitis C Transmitted?

Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2014

Question: I was with a man back in 2010 he was told he had hepatitis c (dark urine) but never said again... I have dontated blood serval times and I have been clean.. should I worry? my last donation as a year ago and everything was clean

Answered by Dr. Lohit K (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
no worries. screening has shown negative.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I went through the query and understood your concern.

Blood or blood product transfusion is the best recognised way of transmission of hepatitis C. So before any blood transfusion there will be screening procedure for hepatitis. Even sexual spread is possible, since you have donated blood on many occasions and no problem has been recognised, no need to worry. Just for confirming you can get done PCR test for HCV RNA.

Usually there won't be any symptoms in chronic hepatitis C. So we can't relay on clinical features for diagnosis of Hepatitis C.

I hope this information helps you. Feel free to ask for any further queries. I will be glad to answer them.

Wish you good health.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Lohit K (12 hours later)

thank you very much I do appreciate it a lot for your time..

Answered by Dr. Lohit K (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
wish you good health

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

It's my pleasure.

I wish you a very happy life and good health.
If you have any health related questions you can ask me any time.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar