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Can you get hep c drinking out of someone with hep c glass of water thinking it was your own and is hep c curable?

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Dr. Mohammed Parvez answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Take it easy: Hepatitis-c infection is spread through sharing needles, receiving blood products, sexual contact; etc. It does not spread through digesting food or water. Good luck !

Answered 6/18/2013

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