Sex and Hepatitus B.!


Question: Sex and Hepatitus B!.
I slept with this guy a few weeks ago, and we work together, and one night on shift my boss cut his hand real bad and he was joking around saying im loosing blood im going to die, so as a joke i shouted to the guy quick! give him blood! he needs blood! and the guy responded "i went to donate blood once but they said i couldnt because i had hepatitus B!. " I ALMOST DIED i was liek YOU HAVE WHAT!?! !. he said he was told that at 17 and now he is 18 but i dont acre im FURIOUS can i get it!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Yes you can!.

Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)!. It ranges in severity from a mild illness, lasting a few weeks (acute), to a serious long-term (chronic) illness that can lead to liver disease or liver cancer!.

Transmission: Contact with infectious blood, semen, and other body fluids from having sex with an infected person, sharing contaminated needles to inject drugs, or from an infected mother to her newborn

Vaccination: Hepatitis B vaccination is recommended for all infants, older children and adolescents who were not vaccinated previously, and adults at risk for HBV infection!.

http://www!.cdc!.gov/hepatitis/index!.htm

The incubation period of hepatitis B averages 120 days (range 45-160 days)!. Constitutional symptoms such as malaise and anorexia may precede jaundice by 1-2 weeks!. Clinical symptoms and signs include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and jaundice!. Skin rashes, joint pains, and arthritis may occur!.

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Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)!. It ranges in severity from a mild illness, lasting a few weeks (acute), to a serious long-term (chronic) illness that can lead to liver disease or liver cancer!.

Transmission: Contact with infectious blood, semen, and other body fluids from having sex with an infected person, sharing contaminated needles to inject drugs, or from an infected mother to her newborn!.

Vaccination: Hepatitis B vaccination is recommended for all infants, older children and adolescents who were not vaccinated previously, and adults at risk for HBV infection!.
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