Hepatitis C Risk Factors

Due to Hepatitis C transmitted from person to person through contact with infected blood Hepatitis C virus, activities that increase contact with blood should be considered as risk factors.

Risk factors are the most common drug users and needle and blood product transfusion before 1992, other risk factors such as tattoo and body piercing. Tattoo needles or ink that is used to create or tattoo can be a bearer menindik Hepatitis C virus from one customer to other customers, if the perpetrator does not make sterilasasi on the equipment.

Other risk factors is punctured needle injury, especially in the health care workers, hemodialisis and organ transplants before 1992.

Syringe because of injury, which often occur in health, can become a means of transmission of virus Hepatitis C. The probability of Hepatitis C virus through a syringe with a greater than the HIV virus. Now, in HIV patients have a standard protocol in the handling of syringe to reduce the risk of contracting HIV or AIDS. Unfortunately, there is no protocol for handling the same in Hepatitis C patients to avoid transmission through syringe.

User narcotic needle
Two-thirds needle drug users contract hepatitis C. People who use the drug needle, even once, have a high risk of contracting Hepatitis C. Now, the risk of Hepatitis C virus infection through drug needle higher than HIV-infected about 60% to 80% infected with the Hepatitis C infected with HIV while about 30%.

Hepatitis C virus is easily spread through sharing needles, syringe and other drug users needle.

Sexual Relationships
Although Hepatitis does not spread easily through sexual relations, sexual risk behavior, especially the pair have more than one sexual, triggered a rise in the risk of virus infection Hepatitis C.

- Around 15% Hepatitis C infection is transmitted through sexual relations. Through sexual transmission in hepatitis C is not as on Hepatitis B. Nevertheless, the sexual behavior of high-risk associated with increased risk of contracting Hepatitis C. The risk of transmission of Hepatitis C through sexual cover Having more than one pair

- User services PSK
- Pain due to sex (lack pelicin in the vagina may increase the risk of transmission through blood)
- Conduct during sexual menstruasi.

On married couples, the risk of transmission increases with the length of the marriage. This is related to the sexual relationship and to share equipment (such as a toothbrush, razor blade razor, nail clippers, and so forth).

If you have a sexual relationship with the people who have risk factors Hepatitis C infection, you should run a test for Hepatitis C as well.

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