Patient's question:
I am an HCV patient. When administering the flu vaccine under anesthesia to my child, I pricked my hand. Will it transmit to my child?Doctor's answer:
Hepatitis C can be spread through contact with infectious blood and can also be transmitted through sexual contact. The high-risk groups for transmission include: those who understand surgery, intravenous drug users, family members of infected individuals (including sexual partners), and healthcare workers who come into contact with infectious blood. Symptoms include loss of appetite, nausea, stomach pain, fatigue, and jaundice of the skin and sclera. In the early stages of the disease, the symptoms are similar to those of hepatitis B but are milder. If the infection lasts for less than 6 months, it is referred to as chronic hepatitis C. Many hepatitis C infected individuals show no symptoms. Typically, symptoms appear 7 weeks after infection, with a range of 2 to 24 weeks. They remain infectious from a few weeks before symptoms reappear to the entire duration of the illness. The level of infectiousness of chronic hepatitis C carriers is still unclear.