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Anything to worry about?
Hi there,
About 2 months ago I was at a party and smoked out of glass pipe after someone who I later found out was recently diagnosed HIV+. I've read that you cannot contract HIV through casual contact and sharing utensils so I'm assuming that using the pipe falls into the same category. Being the hypochondriac that I am I've started to worry since I seem to have chapped lips a lot. First of all, my acquaintance would have to had blood on his lips in the first place, and people normally don't bleed from the lips, so that is comforting. Also, the pipe was also not hot like a crack pipe. I took a rapid test about 4 and a half weeks after and it came back negative. Basically I would just like to read some of your opinions.
Thanks in advance.
About 2 months ago I was at a party and smoked out of glass pipe after someone who I later found out was recently diagnosed HIV+. I've read that you cannot contract HIV through casual contact and sharing utensils so I'm assuming that using the pipe falls into the same category. Being the hypochondriac that I am I've started to worry since I seem to have chapped lips a lot. First of all, my acquaintance would have to had blood on his lips in the first place, and people normally don't bleed from the lips, so that is comforting. Also, the pipe was also not hot like a crack pipe. I took a rapid test about 4 and a half weeks after and it came back negative. Basically I would just like to read some of your opinions.
Thanks in advance.
One more thing. We were sitting in a car and it was dark, so I couldn't see the pipe that well.
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