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Hep c infection

2017-12-11 06:22:54
During shave barber made a cut on my neck and cleaned it with brush. Can i catch hep c if there is a dried blood on brush
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Hello.. Well even units dried blood and if the hepatitis c virus was present then you can get the infection up to 6 weeks according to the studies fine across various parts of the world...Meet a physician..Thank you

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