Can u get hepatitis c from kissing? Also how can u contract it?
Hepatitis C would be difficult to contract from kissing, unless both partners had bleeding mouth cuts and a lot of fluid was exchanged. It is typically caught from IV and snorted drug use, piercing and tattooing, as well as unsanitary medical practices. Although injection drug use and receipt of infected blood/blood products are the most common routes of HCV infection, any practice, activity, or situation that involves blood-to-blood exposure can potentially be a source of HCV infection. The virus may be sexually transmitted, although this is rare, and usually only occurs when an STD (like HIV) is also present and makes blood contact more likely. In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the risk of HCV infection from a unit of transfused blood in the United States is less than one per million transfused units. Medical and dental personnel, first responders (e.g., firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers), and militar
