The best way to reduce risk is always using a latex condom correctly for all sexual intercourse. Quitting is the best prevention if you are using injectable drugs. But if that isn't an option, then people should always use a sterile needle to inject drugs and never use somebody else's equipment. Don't share toothbrushes, razors or other household objects that could get blood on them. Use bleach to clean up spilled blood. Don't share drug paraphernalia.

To have the best hepatitis C prevention If you have sex, a condom should always be used. If you use drugs that are injected, quitting will greatly reduce your risk. If you continue to use drugs, your needles should always be sterile and should not be shared with anyone else. Don't share toothbrushes, razors or other household objects that could be contaminated with blood. Use bleach to clean up spilled blood. Don't share drug paraphenalia.

The best way to reduce exposure to HIV infection is to always use a latex condom correctly for all sexual intercourse. The ideal prevention is to stop using injectable drugs, but if people cannot quit they should use a sterile needle all the time and should not share with anyone. NOTE: California Residents - Business and Professions Code 1246.

Two products are used to prevent hepatitis A virus infection: immune globulin and hepatitis A vaccine. Immune globulin is a preparation of antibodies that can be given before exposure for short-term protection against hepatitis A and for persons who have already been exposed to hepatitis A virus. Immune globulin must be given within 2 weeks after exposure to hepatitis A virus for maximum protection.

Most recent data indicate that approximately 4 million Americans have been infected with HCV. It is estimated that up to 85% of the people infected with the hepatitis C virus each year will develop chronic infection. It has been estimated that roughly one in fifty Americans test positive for HCV, of which a majority are chronically infected. As many as 60% of those persons infected are unaware that they carry the virus.

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is spread mostly from contact with infected blood, such as a blood transfusion (before 1992), kidney dialysis, or through injecting drug use. It is rarely sexually transmitted, although sex with multiple partners or a history of sexually transmitted diseases can put people at risk for it. The virus can enter the body through minor cuts or scrapes by razors, toothbrushes or on needles used for tattooing, body piercing or on materials used to snort drugs.

Always wash your hands after using the bathroom, changing a diaper, or before preparing or eating food. Two products are used to prevent hepatitis A virus infection: immune globulin and hepatitis A vaccine. Immune globulin is a preparation of antibodies that can be given before exposure for short-term protection against hepatitis A and for persons who have already been exposed to hepatitis A virus.

People with hepatitis C may look and feel normal and healthy for a long period of time. A blood test is the only method of determining if they have hepatitis C infection.

Hepatitis C is caused by the hepatitis C virus. It is spread from one person's infected blood to another person's blood. You share needles and other equipment used to inject illegal drugs. This is the most common way to get hepatitis C in the United States. You had a blood transfusion or organ transplant before 1992. As of 1992 in the United States, all donated blood and organs are screened for hepatitis C. You get a shot with a needle that has infected blood on it.

No. Hepatitis C dose not usually cause symptoms at first. When the symptoms appear, they are usually flu like with fever chills and stomach pain.

In most cases, people infected with hepatitis C experience no symptoms. Hepatitis C is a very slow moving virus, so symptoms my not even present themselves for 20 years or longer. The most common symptoms of hepatitis C are fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, muscle or joint pain, and jaundice (a yellowing of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes).

Hepatitis C is a blood borne virus, and is transmitted through direct blood-to-blood contact. The most common ways for hepatitis C to be transmitted is through sharing needles with an infected person, having had a blood transfusion prior to 1992, sharing personal care items such has razors that could have infected blood on them, and from mother to child during childbirth. in rare cases, hepatitis C can be transmitted through sex.

Hepatitis C is interesting in that about 15% of people who get the infection can clear the virus completely out of their bodies naturally within the first 6 months of their infection. This means that those people are no longer infected and can no longer spread the virus to other people. However, 85% of people with hepatitis C will become chronic carriers. These people will always be capable of transmitting the virus to others through blood.

Yes. People who have cleared the virus either naturally or through medication can become infected again. Also, people who have active hepatitis C can become infected with additional genotypes (strains) of hepatitis C.