Can Hepatitis B infect someone in a jacuzzi with a cut?

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by Old Shoe Woman

Can Hepatitis B infect someone in a jacuzzi with a cut?I was wondering and I don't mean to be selfish or mean but my friend has hepatitis B and I have a few cuts on my leg because of my dog.
If we both go in a spa/jacuzzi would it be possible to somehow become infected?

ahmad h
Touching an open cut with blood and other body fluids is the method by which Hepatitis B is transmitted. In your case, it is unlikely to happen

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Pixie Chick
No. You would need contact with bodily secretions, semen, blood. Jacuzzi's in themselves are filled with germs, bacteria, fungus, fecal contamination. You are more likely to get a infection from the jacuzzi with your open cuts, that allow bacteria to penetrate the skin "Cellulitis"

By the way did you know there is a Hepatitis B Vaccine available.

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