Can you get HIV

[JANUARY10]

I was at a new years party and I had dry cracked hands with one cut bleeding a little - I put a band aid on it after 10 min of being there.  But I was shaking lots of peoples hands with that hand and using the bathroom and water got under my band aid and then I wiped my hands on paper towels.  Is there a chance I could get HIV from shaking hands or using bathroom before I put band aid on if someone had small cut on there hand when I shook it.  I washed my hands 10 minutes after shaking hands.  Should I go get test??

[royallee209]

What if January10 came in contact with body fluids, with his/her hands?

[Ur_overreacting]

Think of the President of the USA, or any President/politician for that matter. He's shaking dozens and sometimes hundreds of hands a day, everyday, for years and years...If HIV were transmitted via shaking hands, regardless of little cuts, sores, snot, fecal matter on hands...you'd be hearing alot in the news about politicians that have caught HIV, right? We'd all be walking around wearing rubber gloves if that were the case.

No risk. No worries. Move along....

[jhguy011]

HIV is transmitted by three modes:

-unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse
-sharing IV drug works
- mother-to-child (pregnancy/birth)

It is not transmitted by any mode you imagined.  Period.