Hep C can be sexually transmitted

Many, many...and many people have Hep. C....even straight(s)....I know of several people that have it. And as usual, everyone should be very cautious about having sex with someone who is sexually active with a number of people. One of my friends died of the complications of Hep. C, along with other ailments at age 54.

Some people will be upfront about telling you they have Hep. C....then again, others don't give a shyt.....so it's up to you to protect urself.
 
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It doesnt surprise me that this strain can be sexually transmitted. But, the "tone" of the article is misleading as hell!

The cases of Hep C I'm aware of were all hospital aquired thru blood contamination. The people who contracted Hep C were also women!

So, categorizing this as JUST a gay disease is very misleading; especially since the sex act cited is also practiced by straight people as well.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
It doesnt surprise me that this strain can be sexually transmitted. But, the "tone" of the article is misleading as hell!

The cases of Hep C I'm aware of were all hospital aquired thru blood contamination. They people who contracted Hep C were also women!

So, categorizing this as JUST a gay disease is very misleading.
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that is risk dangerous Gay disese illness affect to Blood on donate Hep C serious!
 
saying that Hep C is a gay disease, is just like in the 80's when people were saying HIV was a gay disease... ANYONE can get it... unless both partners have been tested (since the last time they had sex), come clean, and talked about their sexual history, No One, Gay or straight, should be having unprotected sex... Please don't think that this is only a gay disease... and don't think that its only gay men who get hopped up on drugs and have unprotected sex... there are plenty of other people who do it too... there are plenty of STRAIGHT people who do it. The way the OP's post was worded, it seemed very derogatory to me, I'm sure Netrox didn't mean it that way... its just how it came out, or i perceived it.
 
It said, "While hepatitis C is not sexually transmitted among stable heterosexual couples, this is clearly not the case among HIV-infected [men having sex with men] in New York City," Fierer said in a statement."

It explains the risk factors: meth and unprotected sex.
 
HCV is a bloodborne pathogens and is transmitted with blood to blood contact.

The number one way to transmit HCV is injectable drug abuse
Transmission and Symptoms

How is HCV transmitted?

HCV is transmitted primarily through large or repeated percutaneous (i.e., passage through the skin) exposures to infectious blood, such as
•Injection drug use (currently the most common means of HCV transmission in the United States)
•Receipt of donated blood, blood products, and organs (once a common means of transmission but now rare in the United States since blood screening became available in 1992)
•Needlestick injuries in health care settings
•Birth to an HCV-infected mother

HCV can also be spread infrequently through
•Sex with an HCV-infected person (an inefficient means of transmission)
•Sharing personal items contaminated with infectious blood, such as razors or toothbrushes (also inefficient vectors of transmission)
•Other health care procedures that involve invasive procedures, such as injections (usually recognized in the context of outbreaks)

What is the prevalence of HCV infection among injection drug users (IDUs)?

The most recent surveys of active IDUs indicate that approximately one third of young (aged 18–30 years) IDUs are HCV-infected. Older and former IDUs typically have a much higher prevalence (approximately 70%–90%) of HCV infection, reflecting the increased risk of continued injection drug use. The high HCV prevalence among former IDUs is largely attributable to needle sharing during the 1970s and 1980s, before the risks of bloodborne viruses were widely known and before educational initiatives were implemented.
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CDC DVH - HCV FAQs for Health Professionals
 
Our study suggests that HIV-infected [gay men] should take steps to protect themselves and others by using condoms and by avoiding crystal methamphetamine."
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WTF... Seems like they are a little too focused on gay men... Why not just recommend everyone to use condoms and avoid drugs!!!!

This article is very misleading. Leading people to think only gays spread HCV. :roll:


Reminds me of the 80s When they though HIV was a gay disease........
 
Drug addicts. Shared needles.

Why does sexual orientation have to get the blame for spread of Hep C? It only takes once to get that disease.

I know straight people who sleep around, and they get so blind drunk they forget to use rubber -- drugs also aren't necessarily the only things that perpetuate the spread of diseases. Do not get so drunk or drugged up, that you don't know who you are having sex with or have little control in protecting yourself.

Also do not make assumptions that the person you have sex or uh, share needles with doesn't have diseases. They may not have known they have it or assumed they didn't; or they hadn't had positive tests yet. Or they just know and don't give a shit.
 
netrox said:
It said, "While hepatitis C is not sexually transmitted among stable heterosexual couples, this is clearly not the case among HIV-infected [men having sex with men] in New York City," Fierer said in a statement."

It explains the risk factors: meth and unprotected sex.
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lol.... read closer. It said STABLE. Stable heterosexual couples. That article is purposefully misleading. Ug...

My prediction: in 50 years, gay men are going to use condoms a lot more often then before, then heterosexual people will make up for a large percentage of STDs receipants. Why? "Oh I thought gay people only get those?"
 
netrox said:
It said, "While hepatitis C is not sexually transmitted among stable heterosexual couples, this is clearly not the case among HIV-infected [men having sex with men] in New York City," Fierer said in a statement."

It explains the risk factors: meth and unprotected sex.
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Hepatitis C is not sexually transmitted among stable gay couples, either.
Besides, meth is like Viagra to most of the men, that's the problem.
 
Beowulf said:
Hepatitis C is not sexually transmitted among stable gay couples, either.
Besides, meth is like Viagra to most of the men, that's the problem.
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It always seems to be ignored that the vast number of gays are not promiscuous, and maintain monogamous relationships.
 
Babyblue said:
HCV is a bloodborne pathogens and is transmitted with blood to blood contact.

The number one way to transmit HCV is injectable drug abuse

CDC DVH - HCV FAQs for Health Professionals
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Yeppers. The majority of Hep C cases come from needle sharing. Another reason why clean needle programs are an excellent idea. It reduces the incidence of Hep C and HIV, thus saving millions in health care costs for this population.
 
jillio said:
Yeppers. The majority of Hep C cases come from needle sharing. Another reason why clean needle programs are an excellent idea. It reduces the incidence of Hep C and HIV, thus saving millions in health care costs for this population.
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Then, the #2 reason must be from contaminated blood products or contaminated instruments used during medical procedures or during surgery, then?

(educated guess here....)

Btw, I agree w/you about clean needle programs being so important.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Then, the #2 reason must be from contaminated blood products or contaminated instruments used during medical procedures or during surgery, then?

(educated guess here....)

Btw, I agree w/you about clean needle programs being so important.
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It used to be recieving donated blood... but now the number 2 reason is accidential needle stick in health care settings.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Then, the #2 reason must be from contaminated blood products or contaminated instruments used during medical procedures or during surgery, then?

(educated guess here....)

Btw, I agree w/you about clean needle programs being so important.
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With universal precautions, I wouldn't think that medical accidents would be that high. I'd say that transmission between heterosexual partners would be higher.
 
Babyblue said:
It used to be recieving donated blood... but now the number 2 reason is accidential needle stick in health care settings.
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Right. Thanks to universal precautions and blood screening, things like that are not ocurring frequently. Of course, mistakes can always be made in blood screeing, but the acutual incidence is low.

Health care workers used to be terrified of accidental needle sticks in regard to HIV. But the cases of it being transmitted by needle stick are almost non-existent.
 
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