As for toilet seats or any other surface it is true that the virus can live on non bodily surfaces for up to three weeks.
Can you get hepatitis c from toilet water.
Always wash your hands after using the restroom home or public with hot soapy water.
Rudolph bedford a gastroenterologist at providence saint john s health center in santa monica california who s had several.
Use the paper protection in restrooms to cover the toilet seat.
Since hepatitis c is only spread from blood to blood contact it is nearly impossible to catch in a bathroom unless you have open sores that make contact with fluid containing contaminated blood.
You can t get hav from a toilet seat said dr.
Basic hygiene practices and common sense should remove any fears about picking up a hepatitis virus during a public restroom visit.
Hepatitis c is not considered an std at this time although it can be transmitted sexually.
There is no research showing that mosquitos transmit hepatitis c.
Hepatitis a spreads through contact with feces that contains the virus or through consuming untreated drinking water.
But you can probably donate organs or tissue since risk of transmission is low and hepatitis c.
Std s are contracted by sharing body fluids directly.