I met a young man with whom soon wanted full relations. Never thought that it could touch me in 17 years, but soon he told me honestly that is sick with hepatitis C. He is 22, we communicate by phone. already 4 months old. There is always a reason to abandon the meeting. We are afraid of both. How to protect yourself if you can kiss, make love? Can I get and how?

Respond Tatyana Stepanova, a gastroenterologist, hepatologist Hepatitis C virus is found only in blood. Infection is possible in contact with infected blood on broken skin and mucous membranes of an uninfected person. The probability of sexual transmission 0 - 7%. If there are indications for treatment, your young person should be treated for hepatitis C, since there are now drugs forever izbavlyayuschii of hepatitis C virus similar question: ... He's sick with hepatitis C, but ... it was not engaged in sex, I'm afraid of becoming infected. WHAT TO DO ...