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Will I Get Hepatitis B From Feces ?

i would like to know if it is possible to contract hepatitis B from feces coz I have been drinking bottled juice and i notice that the cap inside smells like feces and it has brownish marks on it like a feces...but it is too late coz i have consumed it will i get hepa b from it if the feces is from a hepa b person?
posted on Thu, 26 Jan 2012
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Hello.Welcome to HCM forum.Fecal oral route results in hepatitis A or E and not B.Hepatitis B Is transmitted by parental routes( eg needle injury,injection-drug use,blood transfusions,sexual contact and from mother to infant).so feces contamination doesn't result in hepatitis B.Thanks and good luck.
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Will I Get Hepatitis B From Feces ?

Hello.Welcome to HCM forum.Fecal oral route results in hepatitis A or E and not B.Hepatitis B Is transmitted by parental routes( eg needle injury,injection-drug use,blood transfusions,sexual contact and from mother to infant).so feces contamination doesn t result in hepatitis B.Thanks and good luck.