Hepatitis disease - Was I exposed, could I have been infected?

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Was I exposed, could I have been infected?

JCrawford3663

2006-08-18, 4:26 pm

I found out I might've been exposed to hepatitis c, though i certainly
hope not. I was at my buddies last week and we went in the jacuzzi,
little did I know that earlier in the day he and his girlfriend had
been in there and she gave him a blowjob in the tub (didn't swallow
(gross now that it's in the tub)) and my buddy may or may not have hep
c. He had it at one time becase he told me once he has antibodies but
his viral count indetectible and he's had it since the 80's (also has
no liver damage or symptoms - which is great, he's such a good friend
I'm glad it hasn't been a problem for him). Anyway I've done some
research on it and I know that the sexual transmission rate is
extremely low estimated at .03% in some studies to 2.5% in others, but
it's basically impossible to spread sexually almost, unless you try to.

Anyway, I spent about an hour soaking in their tub before anyone knew i
was there and told me to get out. I submersed a couple times and had
some scratches that were scabbed over but i'd had them for a week or so
prior to getting in the tub so they were heavily scabbed.

I'm a bit concerned I may have contracted it, anybody got any idea what
the risk is here? Sure would appreciate some info on this.

**I posted this on another board and had conflicting responses, one
person said that the chances of infection were zero to none, and
another person just simply said it was easy to answer and that i should
go get tested... any input on this would be helpful.

greyhackles

2006-08-18, 4:26 pm

On 18 Aug 2006 12:18:19 -0700, "JCrawford3663" <JCrawford3663@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I found out I might've been exposed to hepatitis c, though i certainly
>hope not. I was at my buddies last week and we went in the jacuzzi,
>little did I know that earlier in the day he and his girlfriend had
>been in there and she gave him a blowjob in the tub (didn't swallow
>(gross now that it's in the tub)) and my buddy may or may not have hep
>c. He had it at one time becase he told me once he has antibodies but
>his viral count indetectible and he's had it since the 80's (also has
>no liver damage or symptoms - which is great, he's such a good friend
>I'm glad it hasn't been a problem for him). Anyway I've done some
>research on it and I know that the sexual transmission rate is
>extremely low estimated at .03% in some studies to 2.5% in others, but
>it's basically impossible to spread sexually almost, unless you try to.
>
>Anyway, I spent about an hour soaking in their tub before anyone knew i
>was there and told me to get out. I submersed a couple times and had
>some scratches that were scabbed over but i'd had them for a week or so
>prior to getting in the tub so they were heavily scabbed.
>
>I'm a bit concerned I may have contracted it, anybody got any idea what
>the risk is here? Sure would appreciate some info on this.
>
>**I posted this on another board and had conflicting responses, one
>person said that the chances of infection were zero to none, and
>another person just simply said it was easy to answer and that i should
>go get tested... any input on this would be helpful.

And they were both correct: even assuming your friend is actively infected,
the odds of you being infected from your jacuzzi adventure are nearly zero -
and in 8 weeks or so, an HCV antibody test will prove it (it takes some time
for antibodies to develop).

I'm a little curious how one broaches the fact that a friend has been allowed
to stew for an hour in a blown load (ewwwwwwwww!)
Must've been one hell of a conversation...

Cheers

/greyhackles (oh - and thanks for that imagery 8-P

JCrawford3663

2006-08-18, 9:25 pm

Thanks for the reply on the forum post. I appreciate all the info I
can
get. Curious though, when you said " the odds of you being infected
from
your jacuzzi adventure are nearly zero -
and in 8 weeks or so, an HCV antibody test will prove it..." did you
mean by
that that you would expect the results to be negative, that there would
be

greyhackles wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2006 12:18:19 -0700, "JCrawford3663" <JCrawford3663@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> And they were both correct: even assuming your friend is actively infected,
> the odds of you being infected from your jacuzzi adventure are nearly zero -
> and in 8 weeks or so, an HCV antibody test will prove it (it takes some time
> for antibodies to develop).
>
> I'm a little curious how one broaches the fact that a friend has been allowed
> to stew for an hour in a blown load (ewwwwwwwww!)
> Must've been one hell of a conversation...
>
> Cheers
>
> /greyhackles (oh - and thanks for that imagery 8-P

greyhackles

2006-08-18, 9:25 pm

On 18 Aug 2006 18:19:26 -0700, "JCrawford3663" <JCrawford3663@gmail.com>
wrote:
>greyhackles wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
>
>Thanks for the reply on the forum post. I appreciate all the info I
>can get. Curious though, when you said " the odds of you being infected
>from your jacuzzi adventure are nearly zero -
>and in 8 weeks or so, an HCV antibody test will prove it..." did you
>mean by that that you would expect the results to be negative, that there would
>be

Yes, I meant I would expect the test to come back negative...

/greyhackles