I was at the store today and was looking at mattress pads(they are wrapped in plastic wrap) and then noticed something red on the packaging. But before I had noticed it I had touched my face (eye and fresh chapped lips) with my hand. I also handled my phone. And my other hand has some scratches on it. Now my question is is there anyway that I could contract Hepatitis C from this? And could I have put the virus on my phone case? Im not 100% sure that it was even blood. I tried wiping it off with something else and it wouldnt come off.
Hi dear, Thanks for Choosing Chat Doctor .you shouldn't be worried, your chance of getting Hepatitis C from that incident is extremely low or close to zero. Yes Hepatitis C is blood-borne virus. But the chance that a person with hepatitis C had a cut and left blood traces in that packaging is very low and then the chances that you had a cut somewhere in your body that transferred that blood to your blood is again very low. Regardless if you touched your eyes because hepatic C can transmit by blood splash to the eyes, even with blood splash the chances of transmission is very low. So don't worry, wash your hands and clean your phone, have fun and forget about this incident... Wishing you all the best.