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Author Topic: Chances of infection  (Read 7555 times)

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Offline MisterEleven

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Chances of infection
« on: March 09, 2015, 05:42:33 pm »
I have a sister who is a teacher and a classic worrier.. She is concerned that a child in her class was  infected while she was in charge. This child has been diagnosed with juvenile arthritis which my sister thinks was caused by this. Here is the scenario. A quarter size drop of blood was on the floor. Is it possible for a child to touch this blood, put his finger into his eye to scratch it or had a cut on him somewhere and touched the blood, and contract hep c?(This is assuming that the blood came from someone who was infected). Another theory is that the child stepped in this blood, walked a couple of steps, touched his shoe, and did the same thing as above. Please confirm that these scenarios can not cause hepatitis C. Thank you.

Offline Lynn K

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Re: Chances of infection
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2015, 06:33:49 am »
Hep c is spread by blood to blood contact no research has been conducted on the unusual senario described however even medical persons with accidental needle sticks from known hep c patients the likelihood of transmission is about 2%.

that being said hep c is not very easy to contract and the described situation is highly unlikely. Also it commonly takes decades for hep c to cause enough damage to produce symptoms of much significance beyond being tired

Here is a link about FAQ of hep c for the general public from the  CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/c/cfaq.htm

Here is an article about juvenal arthritis which is an autoimmune disorder being that the bodies immune system attackes itself mistaking the body as a foreign invader having nothing to do with hep c exposure.

http://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/juv_arthritis/

Also from Wikipedia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_arthritis
Genotype 1a
1978 contracted, 1990 Dx
1995 Intron A failed
2001 Interferon Riba null response
2003 Pegintron Riba trial med null response
2008 F4 Cirrhosis Bx
2014 12 week Sov/Oly relapse
10/14 fibroscan 27 PLT 96
2014 24 weeks Harvoni 15 weeks Riba
5/4/15 EOT not detected, ALT 21, AST 20
4 week post not detected, ALT 26, AST 28
12 week post NOT DETECTED (07/27/15)
ALT 29, AST 27 PLT 92
24 week post NOT DETECTED! (10/19/15)
44 weeks (3/11/16)  fibroscan 33, PLT 111, HCV NOT DETECTED!
I AM FREE!

 


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