Some frank language is used to explain the facts.
Hepatitis C is a disease of the liver caused by a virus. Hepatitis B can be spread through blood contact with any body fluid of an infected person. The most common means of spreading hepatitis C is through injection drug use, even if the drug use was many years ago or happened only once. The only way to avoid being exposed to the virus in this way is not to use injection drugs. Anyone with the hepatitis C virus in their body can pass it on to others by sharing needles and razors.