Hepatitis A is a virus that can be transmitted by getting poop (shit, faeces) in your mouth.
Even small amounts of poop can contain enough Hepatitis A virus to get infected.
HOW IS HEPATITIS A PASSED ON?
Hepatitis A can be passed on during sex where small amounts of poop gets into the mouth, including rimming, and sucking a cock or strap-on that’s recently been fucking (arse-to-mouth).
TIPS & TRICKS
You can reduce Hepatitis A transmission during or after sex by:
✔ washing your hands regularly with hot soapy water
✔ washing your cock after fucking (for tops, with cocks)
✔ washing your genitals and/or arse after getting fucked
✔ washing your hands after fingering, fisting or removing condoms
Using condoms can help reduce Hepatitis A transmission – and washing your hands after removing condoms is important.
Free condoms are available in London here.
MORE TIPS & TRICKS
If you’re in a group sex session, or sauna, backroom or sex venue, washing or showering (if it’s possible to do so) between partners can also reduce Hepatitis A transmission
If using condoms for fucking, or gloves for fingering or fisting, changing them between partners will reduce Hepatitis A transmission (wash your hands after removing condoms and gloves).
Using condoms on strap-ons and sex toys – and changing them between partners – will also help reduce transmission between partners.
The most effective way to reduce transmission is by having a Hepatitis A vaccination.
Ask about Hepatitis A vaccination at your next sexual health clinic visit.
NHS sexual health services – including Hepatitis A vaccination, if you are eligible – are FREE for EVERYONE. This includes people who do not have secure immigration status, including people seeking asylum.
Hepatitis A can also be transmitted by eating or drinking contaminated food or drinks. Vaccination is usually offered to people travelling to parts of the world where Hepatitis A is common, as part of travel vaccination.
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Symptoms of Hepatitis A include:
✦ feeling sick or having nausea
✦ having dark pee, light coloured poop, and having diarrhoea
✦ being tired, having fever, and not wanting to eat food
✦ having yellow eyes, and – more noticeable in light-skin coloured people – having yellow skin (jaundice)
If you think you have Hepatitis A:
Contact your family doctor, if you’re comfortable doing so, or contact your usual sexual health clinic.
You can also get further advice from NHS 111.
For more NHS information, including what to do if you think you have Hepatitis A, visit https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hepatitis-a/
Downloadable assets for sex-on-premises venues
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Landscape screens
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Portrait screens
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A4 poster (print)