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Could I be infected with hiv through the pimple
Dear sirs! Could you please consult me about the risk of hiv infection. Today, I've been to the shop. A man with
healed wounds and abrasions at his hand touched my hand which had a pimple on it. This pimple was not bleeding there. After that touch, my pipmle was not bleeding too. After 15 minutes, I washed my hands and processed my pimple with alcohole and iodine. There was no pain, just unpleasantly. But after this, I noticed some traces of something red (may be blood, may be not, but I took it and rolled it into a ball) on that hand but a little lower from the tingle. I washed it too. So I'm very nervous about the risk of hiv infection. Do I need pep? Is there a risk? Thanks in advance!
healed wounds and abrasions at his hand touched my hand which had a pimple on it. This pimple was not bleeding there. After that touch, my pipmle was not bleeding too. After 15 minutes, I washed my hands and processed my pimple with alcohole and iodine. There was no pain, just unpleasantly. But after this, I noticed some traces of something red (may be blood, may be not, but I took it and rolled it into a ball) on that hand but a little lower from the tingle. I washed it too. So I'm very nervous about the risk of hiv infection. Do I need pep? Is there a risk? Thanks in advance!
No risk so don't need to test. Only non sex risk is sharing hollow needles that you use for injection and you were a long ways from that. You are safe.
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Thanks for the reply! Even if the infected blood got onto the damaged pimple - there is still no risk at all?
HIV is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make your encounter a risk for HIV. No one got HIV from the situation you encountered in 40 years and likely no one will in the next 40 of your life, so there in no more likelihood of HIV transmission happening than of you getting hit by a meteor as you read this.
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex
3. sharing needles that you inject with. Knowing these 3 are all you need to know to protect yourself against HIV. Your situation is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established so there is no detail that you can add that will make your encounter a risk for HIV. No one got HIV from the situation you encountered in 40 years and likely no one will in the next 40 of your life, so there in no more likelihood of HIV transmission happening than of you getting hit by a meteor as you read this.
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