Risk Factors
- Health care professionals who are exposed to body fluids and infected blood
- Individuals who get multiple tattoos and body piercing
- Certain prescription medications
- Excessive alcohol use
- Having high levels of fat in the blood
- Sharing infected needle and syringes
- Obesity
- Having unprotected sex and multiple sex partners
- Working with toxic chemicals without wearing safety clothes
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