Can You Catch Hepatitis From Oral Sex?

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Hepatitis C and sex-CONFUSED AND SCARED

Hello! I have met a wonderful man who has just disclosed that he has had Hepatitis C for many years. I would like for our relationship to progress into a physical/sexual way, but I worry about catching HEP c myself. I am a single mother and am...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I counsel my monogamous couples that the risk of getting HCV through sexual intercourse is very low at about 1 to 2 percent. Condoms would bring that down to about zero so it depends on your level of concern and your comfort with risk. There is no... Read more »

how can you catch hepatitis?

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Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Hepatitis A is transmitted through contaminated food or water.Hepatitis B is mainly transmitted easily through sex and shared injection drug use. Hepatitis C is mainly transmitted through injection drug use. Traumatic sex can also lead to HCV... Read more »

How easy to catch/infect through oral sex (again...)

Hi, I'm HIV+ with a very inactive sex life - on the rare occasion I do bed someone, I always wear a condom during anal sex. A couple of weeks ago was one of those rare occasions and what happens? I get chlamydia... presumably as a result of...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,You don't have to be "confused;" just read the archives. I've covered this topic many times before. Some STDs are easy to get from all types of oral sex getting or giving. These include STDs that cause sores or blisters, like... Read more »

hepatitis from oral sex

hello there....is it possible to get hepatitis b,c from oral sex? can you mention what viral stds exist, or stds that are asymptomatic for years? how valid is a negative hiv anti-body test after 15 wk exposure from unprotective insertive fellatio,...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Hepatitis B is transmitted through bodily fludis, such as semen, vaginal secretions and blood, so it possible to become infected with HBV when performing oral sex on an infected person. Hepatitis C is transmitted through contact with blood, so oral... Read more »

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insertive oral sex and vih and hepatitis b

Posted by nightsunami

can i infectet by hepatitis B for insertive oral sex?? i have a negative VIH test from 1 year... Read more »

hepatitis b and insertive oral sex

Posted by nightsunami

can i infected by hepatitis B from insertive oral sex??im negative test 5 monts and 2 weeks of HIV after my last encountrer- thanks Read more »

Hepatitis B question - would anyone know?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I'm a 26 yr old male that was born with Hepatitis B. I'm in a monogamous relationship with my girlfriend, who is vaccinated with the Hep B vaccine.

We have been searching ALL OVER -- the internet, contacting the CDC, asking our physicians -- for a... Read more »

Risk of Catching HIV in Single Sex Act Low

Posted by Anon_E_Moose, 1 Reply

By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor

CHICAGO (AP) - A study of heterosexual couples in Africa
concludes that the chance of catching the AIDS (news - web sites) virus from a single
sexual encounter with an infected person is one in 588.

This risk is...

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