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Hepatitis A, B & C - a guide for gay men
This is a basic guide only and focuses on how hepatitis
is passed on between gay men. For more detailed data, please see information
available through the menu (right) or the organisations listed in our
Links section.
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Hepatitis
A |
Hepatitis
B |
Hepatitis
C |
| Where is the virus found? |
Shit |
Blood
Cum & precum
Spit
Piss
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Blood
Cum |
| How is it passed
on? |
Sexual contact with shit, incl.
rimming
Unprotected fucking
Fingering
Fisting without gloves
Handling used condoms or sex toys
also: Contaminated food and water
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Unprotected fucking
Sucking
Sharing injecting equipment
Sharing razors, toothbrushes, sex toys, etc
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Sharing injecting drug equipment
Unprotected fucking, fisting without gloves
Possibly sharing things used to snort drugs
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| Symptoms |
Jaundice (yellow eyes and skin)
Pale shit, dark piss
Flu-like aches
Extreme tiredness
No appetite/weight loss
Pain in upper right stomach
Feeling sick (especially around alcohol, fatty food, tobacco
smoke)
Diarrhoea
Fever
Itchy skin
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Jaundice (yellow eyes and skin)
Pale shit, dark piss
Flu-like aches
Extreme tiredness
No appetite/weight loss
Pain in upper right stomach
Feeling sick (especially around alcohol, fatty food, tobacco
smoke)
Diarrhoea
Fever
Itchy skin
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Often none for many years
but possibly same symptoms as A & B
also: Mental confusion
Depression
Water retention
Bruising
Often no symptoms for years after infection.
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| Vaccine |
Yes –
2 injections, 6 months apart
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Yes –
2 or 3 injections, usually over six months
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No vaccine |
| Prevention |
Vaccination, until then avoid
contact with shit
(condoms for fucking, wash hands after sex, avoid rimming, gloves
for fisting)
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Vaccination until then use condoms
for fucking
Avoid sharing injecting equipment |
Avoid sharing injecting or snorting
equipment
Use condoms for fucking, gloves for fisting
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| Carrier rate* |
0% |
Up to 10% |
Around 80% |
| Treatment |
Rest, avoid alcohol for up
to a year (possibly also party drugs and smoking) |
Same as hep A
Drugs available for carriers |
Drugs taken for 6-12 months
(success rate about 50%)
Liver transplant in severe cases |
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*The chances of not getting rid of the virus, developing
long term hepatitis and staying infectious to others.
For more information, look at the individual sections
on:
 Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
or visit the Links page |
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