You don’t have to swear off sex just because you’ve been diagnosed with hepatitis C. Although certain behaviors can increase the risk of spreading the infection to a partner, sexual transmission rates for hepatitis C are low.

If you’re in a monogamous, heterosexual relationship, the odds of giving your partner hepatitis C through sexual contact is about 1 in 190,000, according to research published in the March 2013 issue of the journal Hepatology.

For people with multiple partners, the risk goes up. Likewise if you engage in “risky” sex, says Kenneth Sherman, MD, PhD, professor of clinical medicine and director of the division of digestive diseases at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio.Read more: www.healthly.site