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I was an infected in grown hair right on the inside of my leg.  I went to the gyno to get it checked out and she confirmed it was only an ingrown hair.  A few days later it popped and leaked some ***** fluid.  A few days after that i was hanging out with a guy and im worried i could have gotten some of his semen into the small wound the ingrown hair left. Am I at risk for an STD?
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1491755 tn?1333201362
As Hector said Hep C in not an STD.  According to the Mayo Clinic web site .06% (that means six,tenths of one percent) of Hep C cases are contracted through sex, and those typically occur with co-infection with HIV. Unless there was direct injection of infected blood into your blood stream you cannot get Hep C.

Good luck and condom up !

James
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446474 tn?1446347682
This is a forum that concerns itself with people sharing information about hepatitis C. Please go to the sex forum if you want to discuss STDs.

HCV is not a STD. HCV is transmitted from blood to blood. There is only about a 5% chance of transfer of the virus through sex acts. So it is extremely unlikely that you could have contracted hepatitis c.

Hectorsf
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What??
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1118724 tn?1357010591
Yes, of course you are. Sex is like that, especially 'hanging out' sex.
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