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Will I Get Hepatitis After Using My Mother's Syringe Who Has The Same?

i incidentally pricked my left hands middle finger with my mothers insulin syringe an hour ago ...she has hapetitis C since 8 years ...she got treated twice but her viral load has again increased...when i pricked my finger with the needle, i quickly washed it with water and soap n after that i tried to take out the blood from my finger as much as i could n then again i cleaned it with dettol..now im afraid...will i get hapetitis C?...and in how many days ill be infected with the virus if i have to take the hepatitis test just to check whether ive got the virus or not?
Wed, 12 Mar 2014
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Internal Medicine Specialist 's  Response
Hi there ,
I understand your concern, and you have done right by washing your fingers with soap and water thoroughly beside this no immediate post exposure prophylaxis is required in hepatitis C. I would advise you to consult your physician to check your mothers HCV RNA now and if it's negative then chances of transmission is negligible and you should also check your anti HCV,HCV RNA and LFT now( this tells about your past infection and not from this exposure) and if it is negative then you should repeat same test at one month and at three months and if it's negative at three months then you are safe.
I feels sorry about this incident and hope it would come negative
hope this answers your quarry
regards
Dr Rajesh K Meena
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Will I Get Hepatitis After Using My Mother's Syringe Who Has The Same?

Hi there , I understand your concern, and you have done right by washing your fingers with soap and water thoroughly beside this no immediate post exposure prophylaxis is required in hepatitis C. I would advise you to consult your physician to check your mothers HCV RNA now and if it s negative then chances of transmission is negligible and you should also check your anti HCV,HCV RNA and LFT now( this tells about your past infection and not from this exposure) and if it is negative then you should repeat same test at one month and at three months and if it s negative at three months then you are safe. I feels sorry about this incident and hope it would come negative hope this answers your quarry regards Dr Rajesh K Meena