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Can I get hiv through a scratch with blood?

Hello there!

I practice a martial art. While fighting, we use to scratch each other.

Today I was fighting with a boy, a very aggressive boy. He scratched me in my feet.

Minutes before, he was fighting with another boy, maybe he scratched him too.

What if when he scratched me, he had blood from the other boy? What if he had hiv? Am I at risk?
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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Risks for HIV are:
1) Having unprotected penetrative anal or vaginal sex, OR
2) Sharing IV drug equipment with other IV drug users.

You will never get HIV through an accidental act, or an everyday occurrence such as scratching another person, no matter what.  If HIV were that easy to transmit, everyone in the world would have HIV by now.  Stay away from the two events I mentioned above, and you will NEVER have to worry about HIV.
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