I have hepatitis c. my husband does not

[delores r]

how can this be. i have not been with anyone else? I have been married 17 years. have not been with anyone but him for the last 18 years.

[Guru 28]

Men can pass things to women without getting it themselves.Unclean medical or tattoo equipment

[LAKSHMI NARASIMHAN R]

heatitis b is present in all of us but only ppl with moderate infection are noticeable in blood test... you could have infected by bad water or unhygenic food ... sexually transmission is the least expexted...

[Sweetpeapetals]

My Husband has Hep C, and I do not. We have been married for 13 years and I was tested when we got married after I found out he had it...the doctor said that I had build up an immune to the virus, as I carried antibodies, came across it sometime in my life before him. Maybe your husband's body has done the same. It does not come just from sex, it comes from bodily fluids, the passing of or dirty needles other things, he could have passed it to you and he has an immunity to it..Read up on it on Webmd...See how it is transferred from person to person. I hope this was a help????

[tinyavenger]

Hep C is transmitted by blood to blood contact. It can only be transmitted during sex if there is an exchange of blood which is rare. Usually you contract via blood transfusion, needles. It can be transmitted via saliva, urine and stool but the percentages are much lower.

[SpringRose]

Hun, you are thinking that Hep C is an STD. It isn't. Hepatitis C is a blood bourne virus, meaning it's passed through blood. It is NOT passed through bodily fluids like the other person said. You got the virus by coming in contact with an infected person's blood. Whether it was a blood transfusion, sharing of needles, razors, toothbrushes, if you helped someone that was bleeding and you had a small cut, you could have gotten it that way. You may never know exactly how you contracted the virus, but it is more than possible that your husband may never get it. My mom got Hep C from a blood transfusion in the late 60's. She's been married to my dad for 35 years and he has never contracted it.

[m m]

Hep C is not an STD.My dad has had it for 20 years, and my mother does not.

[DTD]

Hep C is transmitted by sex OR blood products. Needles, contaminated blood transfusions (extremely rare now) can also cause this. This is NOT transmitted through the oral-fecal route, so contaminated foods wouldn't give it to you.