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Hepatitis can lead to serious liver damage. We cover basics about liver anatomy and define hepatitis here. Plus info on the different types of hepatitis....

Q: hepatitis transmition

asked by: NeaNova on September 20th, 2008

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Hi, i would like to ask if hepatitis can be contacted through sex, with the use of condom. How long after a suspicious infection do symptoms appear??
I would like to thank you in advance.

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replied on September 22nd, 2008

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Some forms of Hepatitis can be transmitted sexually. In fact, Hep B is 100 times more infectious than HIV. And Help C can also be spread via sex.

http://www.hepfi.org/living/liv_abc.html

The best prevention is getting vaccinated. Read more here:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hepatit is.html

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