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From: markliu1989 on 17 Jul 2008 20:23
My mother-in-law had hepatitis C. She underwent 5 months of treatment
in 2005 and one test later showed that she was HCV-.

We are visiting her, and this morning, I got up, not completely sober
and I brushed my teeth with her toothbrush because we both had the
same toothbrush and I did not realize until later.

What are my risk factors? I am upset the whole day.

From: TX-012 on 17 Jul 2008 21:19
On Jul 17, 5:23 pm, markliu1...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> My mother-in-law had hepatitis C.  She underwent 5 months of treatment
> in 2005 and one test later showed that she was HCV-.
>
> We are visiting her, and this morning, I got up, not completely sober
> and I brushed my teeth with her toothbrush because we both had the
> same toothbrush and I did not realize until later.
>
> What are my risk factors?  I am upset the whole day.

If hep c is not currently detectable in her blood, there is
essentially zero chance you got it from using her toothbrush.

On the other hand, if, after her previous treatment, she promptly
reinfected herself, and her toothbrush was covered with gobs of her
fresh blood, and you had open, bleeding wounds in your mouth when you
used it, it might be a good idea to get tested shortly, although hep c
antibodies do take some time to show up.
From: markliu1989 on 17 Jul 2008 22:12
On Jul 17, 9:19 pm, TX-012 <withba...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 5:23 pm, markliu1...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > My mother-in-law had hepatitis C. She underwent 5 months of treatment
> > in 2005 and one test later showed that she was HCV-.
>
> > We are visiting her, and this morning, I got up, not completely sober
> > and I brushed my teeth with her toothbrush because we both had the
> > same toothbrush and I did not realize until later.
>
> > What are my risk factors? I am upset the whole day.
>
> If hep c is not currently detectable in her blood, there is
> essentially zero chance you got it from using her toothbrush.
>
> On the other hand, if, after her previous treatment, she promptly
> reinfected herself, and her toothbrush was covered with gobs of her
> fresh blood, and you had open, bleeding wounds in your mouth when you
> used it, it might be a good idea to get tested shortly, although hep c
> antibodies do take some time to show up.

I don't know if she's gonna be positive again, co-incidentally, she
had her blood test today.

Is it the case that viruses die soon after they leave the human body?
If that's the case, then I don't have much to worry. But I heard that
quite often patients can get infected by receiving blood from blood
bank. That means viruses don't die even while in the blood bag in the
blood bank.
From: TX-012 on 17 Jul 2008 22:53
On Jul 17, 7:12 pm, markliu1...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
I heard that
> quite often patients can get infected by receiving blood from blood
> bank.  That means viruses don't die even while in the blood bag in the
> blood bank.<<

Hep C has been screened for in blood products since the early 90s...

From: markliu1989 on 17 Jul 2008 23:08
On Jul 17, 10:53 pm, TX-012 <withba...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 7:12 pm, markliu1...(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> I heard that
>
> > quite often patients can get infected by receiving blood from blood
> > bank. That means viruses don't die even while in the blood bag in the
> > blood bank.<<
>
> Hep C has been screened for in blood products since the early 90s...

In the USA only, right?
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