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I swallowed semen with blood in it and as it turns out he has hep c. can i still catch it if i didn't have an open wound?
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Viral and some bacterial infections can be transmitted if contact with a mucus membrane (as in the mouth, intestines, vagina, urethra). This includes the hepatitis C virus.
Answered 1/21/2022
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Theoretically possible, risk lower than other circumstances, for reliable information check cdc.gov.
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