Confused about the nature of HIV!!

[QuadratA]

I know you have been getting this a lot quite recently. But I want to slow my brain down. Almost two months ago, I went to restaurant where I had reserved a table and made an order. I was eating boneless chicken, in which I found at its bottom a spot of blood. What I remember clearly is that food was cold, which means It was prepared much before I started eating. Plates were served at 7:00 pm, and I sarted eating the chicken at 7:30 and I was sitting in an outside area exposed to sun (it was sunset) and air directly. The temperature was 33C with high humidity. I started making many scenarios that a **** may be an HIV positive and had injected my chicken with blood. I had a Hepatitis C test made which was negative. I had an Hiv test made (3 weeks after it) but was negative as well. Next month I will have a conclusive one made. What I want to know is there any risk whatsoever of my having contracting it? The second question is, does the survival of the virus indicates an infection? The last question, has the virus in the case I mentioned survived? Thank you.

[Chima7]

Absolutely no risk for HIV but undercooked chicken can cause salmonella. I got salmonella from undercooked chicken at a restaurant once and almost died. Next time you order chicken, if it's cold then send it back because, trust me, you don't want salmonella!

[AnxiousNoMore]

QuadratA the night sweats are from you perspiring in fear which is natural when you think you might be dying. So if you can accept the reality that you aren't dying and relax, they will disappear.

[CurfewX]

NO RISK.
Don't have unprotected anal/vaginal intercourse with someone of unknown HIV status, and don't share IV drug needles, and you will NEVER have to worry about HIV.

On a side note, it is irrational to contemplate scenarios in which another person has injected your food with blood.  It would be an exercise in futility for someone to do so, given that HIV can't be transmitted by ingesting blood.

[QuadratA]

So the night sweets are not HIV-related? (It's the second night to sweet at night which is 28C)

[Swelter_]

yes that's what it means - NOT HIV-related, since, HIV CANNOT be acquired through blood injected into food.

Night sweats can be caused due to any number of reasons. Why are you thinking only of HIV in this scenario? The fact that you think the night sweat is because some injected your food with HIV blood, shows that you are thinking irrationally and need to dig deeper to find the cause of such fears. Work with a therapist if needed, too.

[QuadratA]

You re correct about causes of fear. I have been suffering from health anxiety 8 months now.

[AnxiousNoMore]

You don't get a lung cancer test every time someone blows second hand cigarette smoke in your direction, so try to put this in perspective.

[QuadratA]

I see what you mean AnxiousNoMore. I will try to keep that in mind.

[diver58]

You are freaking out without a reason. Your exposure to HIV is absolutely non-existent. You are fine, move on with your life

[QuadratA]

So I should not worry about the night sweet I am getting? Worth of mentioning that it's (28C) at night)