What are the chances of catching Hepatitis C?
Patient: I have suspicion the last person I had sex with has hepititus c , i had sex with him twice , once 3 months ago and once 1 month ago , I have now had a liver function and I have to go back for another as my atl was high , I had been drinking the night before the test , what is the possibility of hepititus c , should I be worried , thankyou Doctor: HelloIn your case , you doubted that Hepatitis "C" transmitted through sex or not .After going through many studies I  would like to say that there is not a chance that you got HVC .Now read this brief study for your information:Patients at risk for hepatitis "C" include persons who have ever injected illegal drugs, have received hemodialysis , or were born to an infected mother ( perinatal 0 , health care workers who have sustained needlestick accidents are at risk.I mentioned ( however this is not for you ) so that you can understand that sexual act don't transmit HVC.This is clearly mentioned in the book ,that there is no other way of transmission of  HVC , so surely you didn't get any HVC infection by this sexual act .Alt high level may be due to alcohol use , so need not to  worry .Hope this will help you.