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I am a male and wondering if i am allowed to have unprotected sex to have a child, if i have hepatitis c?

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Risk lower than HIV: There is some question on the transmission of hcv in a serodiscordant couples - with little if any virus found in seminal fluid - however, if sexual practice incurs small tears in the skin, then blood exposure is possible. A study in 2003 (sex transm infect 2003;79:160–162) demonstrated no hcv transmission in serodiscordant couples. Based on current data , go ahead.

Answered 12/14/2014

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